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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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People Fixing The World: The Voter Lottery

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The Voter Lottery

25/02/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, The Voter Lottery

Can you increase turnout at elections by handing out a cash prize for one lucky voter?

Voter turnout is a problem around the world, particularly in local elections. But a small group of academics and activists in the US are experimenting with a new way of getting people to turn up and put their cross in a box – a lottery. Every voter is entered and one lucky winner gets a big cash prize. World Hacks investigates whether it works.

Also on the programme, should we be protecting our toasters and washing machines from computer hackers?

Presenter: Kathleen Hawkins
Reporter: Gemma Newby
Producer: Tom Colls

Image caption: Lottery balls about to be drawn, Image credit: Thomas Samson / Stringer / Getty Images

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