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To: Solon who wrote (67530)	11/23/2002 12:39:09 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

My visceral reaction to the notion of a voting lottery was sheer horror. But I must say it's a novel idea and novel ideas always get my attention. My horror may not have been any greater that YYB's was at my declining to vote this year. There are lots of different perspectives on voting. From a partisan perspective, I would imagine a lottery would bring out more of the sorts of folks who buy lottery tickets. I would imagine that would increase the number of Democratic voters more than Republican voters, but I could be way off on that.

To: Solon who wrote (67530)	11/23/2002 1:00:26 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

It would encourage the greedy, the uninformed, the indifferent, and the opportunistic to vote... Those motives are lawful and allowed in the free world, certainly they would no longer be indifferent if they voted. Voters could ante up one dollar each for the privilege of casting a winning vote and still have the option of opting out of the lottery. This would generate enough cash to cover the cost of the election. The slogan could be "If you don't pay to vote you don't win" or "Vote and you can afford to get the hell outta here".