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📢  文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 Elon Musk’s $1 million hunch is right  The tech giant should inspire us to make voting more fun.  The Washington Post Presidential election Oct 24, 2024 | 767 words | ★★★☆☆   Elon Musk has offered $100 to registered Pennsylvania voters who sign a petition in support of free speech and gun rights. In other battleground states, he’s advertised a smaller but symbolically resonant payout of $47. The topper is that all signatories are eligible to win a daily lottery of $1 million.  Musk’s strategy is clearly partisan and legally dubious, but as academics who study voting, we hope the iconoclastic entrepreneur will spur us all to think more creatively about getting citizens to the polls.  Our research focuses on the question at the heart of Musk’s effort, which is: Can we incentivize more people to vote? The answer is yes. We’ve even tested out a lottery system — and it worked. It is no secret that a large p ………………………………