No freebies for voting

Posted at 9:14 AM on November 4, 2008 by Bob Collins (4 Comments)

Starbucks, and a few other chains, were offering freebies today to people who vote.

Then it was brought to their attention that it's illegal to reward people for voting.

Instead, Starbuck's will now give everyone a free cup of joe.

update 10:16 p.m. Georgia now cracking down, too.

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Comments (4)

Ya know, I can kinda understand this, but it's too bad corporations can't reward civic participation in this very small way. Kudos to Starbucks anyway for encouraging people to vote, free java or no.

Posted by ironic1 | November 4, 2008 10:53 AM

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Caribou is offering a free small coffee today as well. One could get fully caffinated for free today, just by making the rounds.

Posted by Joe J | November 4, 2008 11:00 AM

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What kind of Mad Men came up with the big ad campaign and buys without any legal input? Or maybe they knew this would happen and they'd get even more PR.

Posted by sm | November 4, 2008 11:19 AM

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Puh-leeeze!

Posted by Andrew | November 4, 2008 2:32 PM

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