Free Gas Cards Are the GOP’s New Campaign Gimmick—and It’s Legal

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Free Gas Cards Are the GOP’s New Campaign Gimmick—and It’s Legal
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Casual observers and even some attorneys suspected a $25 gas voucher giveaway in exchange for sitting through a pitch for Herschel Walker was illegal. But experts say this kind of gas giveaway falls within election rules.

to be giving away $4,000 worth of fuel in the name of unseating his opponent, Sen. Raphael Warnock , the pastor who currently leads the congregation at King Jr.’s old church.Stanton-King streamed on her YouTube channel shows that some motorists seemed confused and tentative about participating, but soon came around when presented with the free fuel. But with summer gas prices spiking in a pivotal election year, these giveaways could soon become a nationwide trend—and a real-world troll.

This giveaway would then be legal, Kappel said, “as long as they aren’t given the gas cards in exchange for agreeing to vote for Herschel.” He observed that if this model were successful, then similar promotions “may indeed become a popular gimmick for Republicans to bash Democrats over inflation and gas prices.”

“The vouchers were given without condition; no recipient or prospective recipient was required to vote, to register to vote, to support or oppose any particular candidate, or to appear in advertisements,” the statement said, citing federal and state code.of the event shows her chatting up drivers as they come, almost all of them Black, trying to sour them on the incumbent Warnock.

But Fischer pointed out that, because candidates have a different set of rules, they probably couldn’t get away with what the super PAC was doing, anyway.

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