Free Weed for registering to vote

[Warriormike8]

Retrieved from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43928025/

A medical marijuana shop's offer of free pot in exchange for registering to vote appears to have gone up in smoke.

Your Healthy Choice Clinic of Lansing, Mich., had been offering a half gram on its website ahead of a vote for city council seats and after the council approved capping the number of medical marijuana dispensaries within city limits and setting a $1,000 application fee.

Clinic owner Shekina Pena earlier said she wasn't trying to buy votes.

"We really got to fight to get the voters out there because the polls are showing there's 4-5,000 people in Lansing that are patients or caregivers," she told NBC affiliate WILX TV. "So we need those 4-5,000 people to come forth to the polls and vote for whomever they feel is in support of what they want for access."

"We let them know how we feel, we don't tell them who to vote for," she added. "We definitely want to support the ones (city council members) who are supporting us."

On Wednesday, the state's attorney general, at the prodding of a state senator, said he was looking into whether the clinic crossed a legal line.

Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope said if the clinic tied the offer to voting for or against a particular person then it would definitely have crossed the legal line.

Pena insisted that wasn't the case, but Swope still had concerns that a line might have been crossed, noting that a website tagline — "Vote for us and we'll vote for you." — suggested a close tie to candidates.

A clinic employee contacted by msnbc.com on Thursday had "no comment" on whether the website offer still stood, and Pena had not yet returned a call seeking clarification.

 

[T V]

They've got my vote LOL
But seriously, I like the

"We let them know how we feel, we don't tell them who to vote for,"

 

[oxodium]

this is utterly epic, Wish they had done that here in the UK.

 

[kill dank]

Pretty cool but I don't have a card so I wouldn't have gotten anything anyway.

 

[CheeseyChicken]

I agree with oxodium, would be cool if they did it here lol :/

 

[Warriormike8]

Only in america would they do it

 

[xOneDown]

There were boundaries to this though, weren't there?

An average 18-year-old with no medical marijuana card couldn't have been eligible for this offer. On second thought, maybe that was part of what got them in trouble.

 

[Kodak]

Haha that's hilarious and great.

 

[Droppin' Pl8's]

There were boundaries to this though, weren't there?

An average 18-year-old with no medical marijuana card couldn't have been eligible for this offer. On second thought, maybe that was part of what got them in trouble.

They have been fighting about doing this stuff this wasn't the first group to do this. there are many in northern michigan doing the same.

 

[stuffs]

Awesome idea, too bad half a gram is absolutely nothing.

 

[ggboi]

thats whats up

 

[Droppin' Pl8's]

Awesome idea, too bad half a gram is absolutely nothing.

lol lansing is quite a large city and if you have ever lived or even possibly been their you would know most of them are stoners, lansing use to have a 5-20 dollar ticket as well as a night in jail for getting caught with a quarter or less. Though this may not be a lot when you look at the amount of people that go to that specific store it would turn into quite a lot quite fast. But I do agree the cheap asses could at least give you a joint. lol

 

[nirvanablue92]

Lol i would vote if someone gave me a nice dub =D

 

[T V]

Awesome idea, too bad half a gram is absolutely nothing.

Free weed is free weed :noworry:

 

[Tckr]

You really shouldn't buy voters. I guess a little bit a weed will make people do anything.

 

[Droppin' Pl8's]

You really shouldn't buy voters. I guess a little bit a weed will make people do anything.

lol I'm sorry to hear sir how long have you been blind? anyways all governments etc. have always done this it's a way to promote their thoughts\beliefs etc. they are simply doing the same thing that the government is doing to them.

 

[Loyal 2 da game]

that's a fucking ton of pot they gave away

 

[Conclusionz]

Hahaha a .5 to vote for them come on thats like a bowl... Lololo!

 

[Reboman]

A fat bowl of some medicinal for a vote. Not too shabby I might say. Better than nothing.

 

[Droppin' Pl8's]

A fat bowl of some medicinal for a vote. Not too shabby I might say. Better than nothing.

lol what kind of bowl are you using? I feel sorry for you.