In touch with the world ... at home on the High Plains

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

KANZ 91.1FM in southwest Kansas will be off air for a few hours in the late afternoon or evening of Sept 24. while we work on the tower. You can always listen to HPPR in the player above or on the HPPR APP.

Philadelphia Publication To Give $10,000 To A Random Mayoral Race Voter

NPR

Published October 23, 2015 at 5:25 AM CDT

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne. Voter turnout is a concern all over the country. But in one city, trudging to the polls for a mayoral election just got more rewarding. The online publication Philadelphia Citizen is sponsoring a kind of lottery, offering a $10,000 prize to one lucky voter. A polling place will be chosen at random and the prize money given to a random voter. As one organizer told the Philadelphia Inquirer, desperate times require desperate measures. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.