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I'm a Republican and when I was in a union I got 1/2 days off on every =
election day and full days off on Presidential elections, I didn't =
complain then and I'm not complaining now about those still forced to be =
in a union getting the day off -- they may have reliably voted Dem back =
in the day, but no more, they're wising up, just as another "taken for
= granted" group in Prince Georges County, MD, is "steeling"
up to vote = smart this year.
  "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message =
news:454a8d75{at}w3.nls.net...
  No one is required to vote that gets a flu shot. That's just like when =
Republicans complain how unfair it is that auto workers have election = day
off. The Republican party comes off as a party that wishes to = discourage
voting rather than one that cherishes the right of every = citizen to vote

    "Gary Britt"  wrote in message =
news:454a8b74$1{at}w3.nls.net...

    Its not a law passed just for this Rich.  Its a long standing law, =
that just happens to apply to this.

    Gary

    Rich Gauszka wrote:=20
First - no one given a shot is required to vote. Second - they could = have=20
just suspended the shots for the day/time of the vote. But no - they are = so=20
afraid of minorities people voting that they would rather discourage any =

assemblage even days before.

I suppose next time they'll pass a law that says no free flu shots = before=20
the 2nd week of November.

The Democrats do stupid things at the polls also. I just hate all the=20
bullshit justification coming from both sides regarding an election.  In =

Detroit it happens to be cries of racism when a Republican challenger=20
inquires why no one is checking IDs at the polling location.


"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message=20 news:454a79b3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Its the law.  Giving somebody booze, cigarettes, money, gold, or a flu =

shot is paying for somebody to vote and violated a very specific statute =

applicable to that region.

Its also bullshit they were trying to reach medically undeserved areas.=20
They were trying to pay people to come vote.

Gary


Phil Payne wrote:
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4304540.html

"Mayor Bill White ordered a halt Wednesday to the city health=20 department's
privately funded drive to offer flu vaccinations at early voting sites = in
predominantly Hispanic and black neighborhoods, amid conservative=20 criticism
that the effort would boost Democratic turnout.

About 1,300 flu shots were given to people age 50 or older in the past=20 three
days under the program, which didn't require the recipients to vote.=20 Health
officials said they were only trying to reach people in medically
underserved communities."


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I'm a Republican and when I was in a =
union I got=20
1/2 days off on every election day and full days off on Presidential = elections,=20
I didn't complain then and I'm not complaining now about those still = forced to=20
be in a union getting the day off -- they may have reliably voted Dem = back in=20
the day, but no more, they're wising up, just as another "taken for =
granted"=20
group in Prince Georges County, MD, is "steeling" up to
vote smart = this=20
year.

  "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka{at}hotmail.com>">mailto:gauszka{at}hotmail.com">gauszka{at}hotmail.com>
wrote =
in message=20
  news:454a8d75{at}w3.nls.net...
  No one is required to vote that gets =
a flu shot.=20
  That's just like when Republicans complain how unfair it is that auto =
workers=20
  have election day off. The Republican party comes off as a party =
that=20
  wishes to discourage voting rather than one that cherishes the right =
of every=20
  citizen to vote
   
  
    "Gary Britt" <glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=">mailto:glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com">glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=
>=20
    wrote in message news:454a8b74$1{at}w3.nls.net...Its=20
    not a law passed just for this Rich.  Its a long standing law, =
that=20
    just happens to apply to
this.GaryRich Gauszka =
wrote:=20
    
First - no one given a shot is required to vote.
Second - they = could have=20
just suspended the shots for the day/time of the vote. But no - they are = so=20
afraid of minorities people voting that they would rather discourage any =

assemblage even days before.

I suppose next time they'll pass a law that says no free flu shots = before=20
the 2nd week of November.

The Democrats do stupid things at the polls also. I just hate all the=20
bullshit justification coming from both sides regarding an election.  In =

Detroit it happens to be cries of racism when a Republican challenger=20
inquires why no one is checking IDs at the polling location.


"Gary Britt" <glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=">mailto:glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com"><glbNOSPAM{at}gencogDOTcom.com=
> wrote in message=20
news:454a79b3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  
      
Its the law.  Giving =
somebody booze, cigarettes, money, gold, or a flu=20 shot is paying for
somebody to vote and violated a very specific statute =

applicable to that region.

Its also bullshit they were trying to reach medically undeserved areas.=20
They were trying to pay people to come vote.

Gary


Phil Payne wrote:
    
        
http:=">http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4304540.html">http:=
//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4304540.html

"Mayor Bill White ordered a halt Wednesday to the city health=20 department's
privately funded drive to offer flu vaccinations at early voting sites = in
predominantly Hispanic and black neighborhoods, amid conservative=20 criticism
that the effort would boost Democratic turnout.

About 1,300 flu shots were given to people age 50 or older in the past=20 three
days under the program, which didn't require the recipients to vote.=20 Health
officials said they were only trying to reach people in medically
underserved communities."


      

 


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