Democrats Lure Voters to Polls With Free Food and Rides
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, October 14, 2010, 5:36 AM
In Appalachia democrats buy votes with pork rinds. In West Virginia democrats buy votes with booze. In East St. Louis democrats buy votes with crack.
Here’s the latest… In South Dakota democrats are luring potential voters to the polls with free food and rides.
The Argus Leader reported:
Democrats in South Dakota are holding three early-vote rallies on reservations this week that will feature “feeds” to attract potential voters.
That activity continues a long tradition of pairing food with voter rallies in areas of the state where Democrats garner as much as 95 percent of the vote.
Strong Native American turnout has been the difference in statewide races in past years, and it could be critical in upcoming races. The emergence of early voting has only intensified efforts to get out the vote in Indian Country.
The practice of offering food at voting rallies can come close to violating the law.
“A lot of it depends on the context of how it’s being done,” Secretary of State Chris Nelson said. State law forbids candidates and campaigns from “offering anything of value” to get people to vote – not just to vote for a particular candidate or issue, but to vote in general.
In 1998, then-Attorney General Mark Barnett and then-U.S. Attorney Karen Schreier issued a written warning to political parties about offering “a meal, money, gifts or whatever” in exchange for voting. Barnett followed that with another letter five months later that said under state law, “any giveaways or incentives offered as an encouragement for people to vote are prohibited. The statute is very broad and should be so construed.”
Erin McCarrick, executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, said the events don’t cross the line.
“It’s not like you have to vote to get food,” she said.
The state party is hosting the feeds this week, along with the party’s local and statewide candidates, including Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and state Sen. Scott Heidepriem, the party’s candidate for governor.
Of course, this surprises no one.
Related… Colorado has 11,800 listed non-citizen voters.
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BuddyG commented:
Free as long as you pay with food stamps ?
Kenny Solomon commented:
Hey, next time the Dems have a voter food-a-thon……..
We can make arrangements for caterers who don’t have exactly the best cleanliness records…… More than a few tummy aches work wonders with public perception.
Ooooh, better idea…… Go to a rally – really – go to one —- bring a few containers of liquid laxative – the no-taste kind…….. pour it into…………. never mind.
unknown jane commented:
Gee…are they going to pass out blankets too?
Winston commented:
The Iranian regime lures people to anti-American protests using the same tactic. Good to see the US Dems have learned the lessons offered by their thuggish counterparts in Iran
Reaganite Republican commented:
Well, I DO love onion rings… I guess I’ll vote Dem, then
Averagemelon commented:
How pathetic the voter must be
garrettc commented:
This is standard GOTV. Republicans are too superior to engage is so low efforts… to their peril.
The Elector of Saxony commented:
One of the very good reasons why our Founding Fathers had it right and allowed for a restricted franchise. I would not choose the same criteria they chose, but if we don’t restrict the vote to property owners, net taxpayers, honorably discharged military, and the literate, we are doomed as the property-takers, tax-rebate-receivers, and the illiterate vote themselves an ever increasing share of the pie in exchange for a piece of pie.
Voting should be an earned privilege because the character of the nation is reflected in the character of those who have the franchise and exercise it. As fully half of Americans are barely literate and the same percentage now pay no taxes or receive unearned tax-time bonus checks, you should take a look at the future of America, for they are it. Idiocracy, here we come.
Multitude commented:
I’m sure Democrats are thinking that if all it took to buy the Manhattan island from Native Americans was a hand full of trinkets and beads, then it’s nothing to buy their enslavement into a progressive welfare state with a picnic lunch and some carney ride tokens.
The plantation mentality is remarkable, particularly in how eager the slaves are to earn the privileged of sitting on the master’s porch and eat with the other house slaves for a few minutes.
nelli commented:
Free food. We should go, bring the kids. Where do we find out when/where the next shindig is?
Stuart commented:
Heck, I’d take their free food and vote against them anyway.
antilbr commented:
Like putting cheese in a mouse trap….
barbedwhyer commented:
Bacon rinds??? Musta had some hummus and
figs for the Muslim crowd.
Owlie commented:
Wow, for real? So the last five decades that I’ve been voting progressive, I’ve gotten ripped off? No BBQs, no crack, not even a lousy toke or roach? Nope. Just a clear conscience and a smile on my face as I went to bed the night of voting… knowing that I did what was right for my beloved country. I voted Democrat.
Owlie commented:
Oh btw, thanks for proving what we all know about you all — racists, every last one. G’night, dudes.
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