From: Gary Britt 

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.
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 department's
> privately funded drive to offer flu vaccinations at early voting sites in
> predominantly Hispanic and black neighborhoods, amid conservative criticism
> that the effort would boost Democratic turnout.
>
> About 1,300 flu shots were given to people age 50 or older in the past three
> days under the program, which didn't require the recipients to vote. Health
> officials said they were only trying to reach people in medically
> underserved communities."
>
>

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