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State Election Board accuses Lyft of violating the law by offering discounted rides to the polls (www.wabe.org)

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Georgia’s State Election Board has accused the rideshare company Lyft of violating Georgia’s election law by offering discounted rides to users who were heading to the polls. At a Tuesday […]

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[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

[...] claimed that offering discount codes to voters amounted to “vote hauling,” or buying votes.

The entire premise is ridiculous but this takes the cake. Nowhere in the article does it mention who they're trying to buy votes for, nor does the blog post.