Would that the State was so awash in money that we needed things to spend it on. Of course, that is not the case. Spend it on feeding the hungry; housing the homeless; training returning vets; mental health care, park maintenance, etc. - something that there is an obvious need for. Even if it was "just" $650,00, that is a lot of money in my book, and could help a lot of folks in need.
The lack of prepaid postage is NOT the reason people don't vote, not caring enough about how our local community, state, and country is run is why people don't vote. Free postage money is not going to fix that. Education and rekindled civic pride and duty might.