Posted on 05/31/2014 3:53:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Several Silicon Valley cannabis clubs to offer free weed to those who can prove they voted
Free marijuana is the reward in store for certain voters on Tuesday in San Jose's municipal election.
San Jose is in the process of choosing a new mayor -- and also passing new, more-restrictive rules on medical marijuana. A proposal the City Council is still considering would zone dispensaries out of business, weed supporters say -- so Tuesday's election is important. Half of the City Council's 10 seats are at stake.
Select Silicon Valley medical marijuana dispensaries will give free discounted and in some cases free marijuana to voters with medical cannabis recommendations on Tuesday.
"A lot of people don't know about the primary elections," said Dave Hodges of the Silicon Valley Cannabis Coalition. "We have some important races including the mayoral race, and we want to make sure politicians know the power of our voters."
Woman Ticketed Over Facebook Post To exchange "Weed for Votes," all voters will need to do is present their "I Voted" sticker or their ballot stub to clubs listed in an announcement to be released Monday.
The June 3 ballot doesn't contain any marijuana-specific items, but activists have created a cannabis friendly voter guide.
With so many vacant seats at San Jose City Hall, the Cannabis Coalition feels this is its chance to get the right people in, Hodges said.
The city, though, says U.S. election code forbids giving something away in exchange for voting if there is a federal race or issue on the ballot. The congressional race between Mike Honda and Ro Khanna suggests the free weed might be illegal.
School Volunteer Accused of Attacking Girl with Hammer “There may be federal issues, but there’s also federal issues providing cannabis,” Hodges said. “It’s one of those gray areas.”
Cannabis club member James McKinney said the idea is motivating him to vote.
I think they should offer a free bottle of MD 20/20.
Laws? What Laws? We don’t need...
The liberals know that once they get this percentage of voters hooked, they’ll own the voters. And yes, they can get hooked on pot. Psychologically addicted. They need to be high to feel normal.
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Most state laws forbid anything like this. Here’s California’s relevant election statute:
18521. A person shall not directly or through any other person
receive, agree, or contract for, before, during or after an election,
any money, gift, loan, or other valuable consideration, office,
place, or employment for himself or any other person because he or
any other person:
(a) Voted, agreed to vote, refrained from voting, or agreed to
refrain from voting for any particular person or measure.
(b) Remained away from the polls.
(c) Refrained or agreed to refrain from voting.
(d) Induced any other person to:
(1) Remain away from the polls.
(2) Refrain from voting.
(3) Vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or
measure.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=elec&group=18001-19000&file=18520-18524
Maybe a “business” can do this while a “person” can’t, and there is the matter of what is “valuable consideration”.
The vote was merely contingent upon voting, unrelated to any particular person or measure. I can't see how the statute would apply.
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Doh, yep I think you’re right. I was already hitting Copy before I got to that “particular person or measure” part.
I assume for that reason, so that politicians can't buy potential voters a drink.
Dumb and numb has reached a whole new level
Do they get the MJ Before or AFTER voting?
Precisely.
Whose normal are you talking about?
Maybe a bad choice of words.
Normal for who though? If that’s their normal, what’s the problem? Would they be abnormal without it?
Oh please. Stop being obtuse.
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