Ariz. measure would give $1M to a voter

quote[An Arizona political activist is placing his bets that a proposal to pay one lucky voter $1 million will drive people to the polls.

Dr. Mark Osterloh, a Tuscon ophthalmologist who has run unsuccessfully for governor and the Legislature, filed paperwork Monday to put the idea before state voters on the 2006 ballot.

"Who do you know that doesn't want to be a millionaire? What's the worst thing that could happen? Everybody who's eligible to vote could be voting," he said.

Osterloh and other supporters said they gathered 185,903 signatures of registered voters, well over the 122,612 required for a ballot initiative. Elections officials will check the signatures to see whether enough are valid to qualify the measure for the ballot.]

This seems like a very good idea.

I hope it goes national.