At polling stations there should be two queues.
1. Queue ==> this side to vote for the candidate of your choice;
OR
2. Queue <== this side to get a free lottery ticket.
You may choose only one queue. You can have EITHER a vote OR a lottery ticket.
This will achieve a number of useful ends. The stupids who, mysteriously, have equal voting power to me will choose the free lottery ticket thereby leaving only clever people like me to choose our government. It will also ensure a full turnout. And it will remove the problem of people turning up too late to vote thereby ‘disenfranchising’ them via their own stupidity anyway.
The lottery draw would have to be capped, say at 5 million, but it’s a small price to pay I feel.
I can’t see any downside to this really. Anyone? Bueller?