From: "Rich Gauszka" 

First - no one given a shot is required to vote. Second - they could have
just suspended the shots for the day/time of the vote. But no - they are so
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
the 2nd week of November.

The Democrats do stupid things at the polls also. I just hate all the
bullshit justification coming from both sides regarding an election.  In
Detroit it happens to be cries of racism when a Republican challenger
inquires why no one is checking IDs at the polling location.


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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.
> 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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