Electioneering

Sitting at a coffee shop this morning, I heard a man excitedly telling someone that elections are currently being held in Lebanon and they are paying people's airfares to get them to come back to vote. They also pay for motel accommodation but his friend who had taken up the offer had opted to stay in the village instead. Not sure if it's true or not but you'd think that a system for postal voting would be a lot cheaper although not nearly as people-friendly.