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.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins