Free business idea for anyone: I see lots of people around the polling booth with dogs. I don’t believe dogs are allowed inside, so they must be walking them. But they’ll need to vote eventually, and if the queue is small, maybe they’ll think it’s worth voting now.
So, here’s the pitch:
Stand outside the front along with those handing how-to-vote cards, and offer to look after their dogs while they go in to vote. I’m not sure you can charge much for the service — voting usually takes around 5-10 minutes if the queue is small — and it might be more community minded if you just offer to do it for nothing. But maybe you can earn $10 for standing around half-a-day? Buy a democracy sausage and coffee for that.