The guys who founded Hot or Not are offering up a $100,000 sweepstakes. Ostensibly, it's to get people to vote in the upcoming election. But due to federal laws making it illegal to pay someone else to vote, the sweepstakes itself has nothing to do with voting and is open to any U.S. citizen 18 or older.
The twist is that there are actually two prizes. The first goes to the person who gets picked at random. The second $100,000 goes to whoever referred that person to the sweepstakes. Wired News did a write-up on the contest earlier this month.
Frankly, the whole concept seems lame-brained to me. Since it's not connected to voter registration or the actual voting process, I can't see how this sweepstakes will make one iota of difference in voter turnout. But hey, it's their money.
Naturally, if you'd like to toss your name into the ring, I'd love for you to do so via this link to credit me as your referrer so we can win together. Good luck!
Posted by Peter at September 15, 2004 01:35 AMAnd the reference to HotOrNot, really makes the ironic point, doesn't it? Vote or Not. Doesn't matter which.
Posted by: Dug Steen on September 15, 2004 08:13 AM