By Richard Winger A recent Los Angeles School Board runoff election in one district had an usual feature: a private group had said every voter who voted in that particular race would have his or her name entered into a lottery, and the winner would get $25,000. This Los Angeles Times story describes the event. The initial winner is a woman who declined the money, so the lottery organizers then drew a second name. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link. …read more