Election Lottery Proposed in Arizona

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LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:06:18 GMT

about being 18....if your old enough to vote.your old enough to go to war.then you should be able to buy a lottery ticket or a beer.

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ayenowitall — Thu, 25 May 2006 10:01:30 GMT

Do you have a link for that? I did a search before starting this thread; I couldn't find any previous references to this news item.

Thanks

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Todd — Thu, 25 May 2006 08:06:31 GMT

This is an old story posted in the LP news section previously. There were lots of comments made on that thread, so you might want to do a search for it.

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dvdiva — Thu, 25 May 2006 05:45:35 GMT

It would never work in Seattle. Too many people getting two or more chances often in other states and too many dead people would win here as well.

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JimmySand9 — Thu, 25 May 2006 03:14:14 GMT

Would you have to be 21 to win this too? Because that's who needs to vote and get the bigots who made that law out of government and into a job where they can't do any more damage.

Election Lottery Proposed in Arizona

ayenowitall — Thu, 25 May 2006 01:36:23 GMT

I saw this story reported on the ABC overnight news last night. This account came from KVOA in Tucson. I don't think it's a particularly good idea, but it's creative thinking. I really don't think we want to bribe people to get them to participate in the voting process. If people aren't voting, it's probably because they are uninformed and/or unconcerned. I tend to think we should be glad these people are not voting. It might be an invitation for disaster to have such people casting ignorant vot... [ More ]