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What’s The Difference Between a Lottery and An Election?
My old answer was, “An honest person might win a lottery.”
But my new answer is “Not much!”
“Los Angeles city leaders are considering a lottery system to reward citizens for casting a ballot in local elections, in a measure to combat low voter turnout that officials and outside observers say could be a first for any U.S. municipality.” Link here.
This is a genuinely bad policy. Not only will it induce people who are uninformed and confused to vote (that’s bad enough!), but it will also attract the sort of people who think that lottery tickets are a “good investment.”
Suggested reading for L.A. municipal leaders here….
Nod to Kevin Lewis for the article…