DCist: Five Horsemen of the Free-pocalypse

sweth

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:34:07 -0500

Ghostbear: theoretically, you shouldn't need to show any proof of having voted, or even need to claim to have voted, since Federal election law prohibits anyone from providing anything of value as an inducement for someone else to vote; the Washington (state) Secretary of State officially informed Starbucks earlier today, for example, that their coffee giveaway would, as advertised, be illegal, although he also implied strongly that if Starbucks went ahead w/ the promotion, they wouldn't be prosecuted. More practically, I suspect that at any of the smaller or more customer-oriented places, you could explain your situation and get all of your freebies sans sticker. (If that fails: junkpunch, grab a freebie, and run.)

123abc

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:51:35 -0500

At California Tortilla, it's not a free taco, but a free taco coupon--not instantaneous results.

IMGoph

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:21:27 -0500

free stuff for those of you voting in ANC2C tomorrow at queen of sheba. (bonus freebie: look for me doing a little electioneering outside of the 50 foot limit in ANC2C tomorrow!)

Jane_Hoya

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:42:19 -0500

The Ben & Jerry's in Dupont has a sign up that says they are closed for the winter months, so maybe don't try there for your free ice cream fix.

Moose

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:31:28 -0500

I dunno, I think the jumbo slice at the very least falls under "Pestilence," if not also under "Death."

GhostBear

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:24:00 -0500

adamsmorgan, no, I voted absentee by mail. I'm not a patient line person by any means. :)

ph7

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:11:22 -0500

Camelot is offering a "pole-ster" special for all voters.

MikeB

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:08:23 -0500

So if I take advantage of all this, basically by 8 p.m. I'm a caffeine-addicted diabetic with cirrhosis of the liver?

adamsmorgan

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:02:11 -0500

Hey....I resemble that remark!!! Ghostbear did you vote absentee in-person? You should have gotten a sticker...btw, there is a county New Mexico and county in Florida that have done away with the I Voted stickers (one for financial reasons and the other for touching reasons) I wonder what voters there will do... maybe a purple stained finger.

lae

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:59:35 -0500

Gifford's locations are also offering free hot chocolate for anyone with an I Voted sticker. Not that it's hot chocolate weather, but it's still free... which is better than a punch in the junk.

GhostBear

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:58:55 -0500

Total discrimination against those of us who voted absentee! Maybe I should make a fake "I voted" sticker so I can eat for free all day long...

IMGoph

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:52:09 -0500

i hear there's going to be a free junkpunching offered to anyone who asks at my house on wednesday if the election results turn out in any way that i don't approve of.