Voter drive to feature food, clothing giveaway

As of Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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ALBANY, Ga. -- The East Towne Civic League will sponsor a food and clothing giveaway during a voter registration drive Saturday.

Distribution of the items will start at 10 a.m. at Shackleford Park on the corner of Don Cutler Sr. Drive and Clark Avenue. Assistance will be provided for persons interested in registering to vote.

Additional information is available by calling Johnnie P. Hammmond at (229) 435-0569.

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MRKIA 7 months, 3 weeks ago

THIS JUST GOES TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE THE FREEBEE MENTALITY OF THE LOCALS. YOU HAVE TO OFFER THEM SOMETHING FREE TO GET THEM TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND THEN HAVE THE NERVE TO CRY ABOUT VOTER I.D. REQUIREMENTS. I'D JUST AS SOON SEE ALBANY HIT ROCK BOTTOM SO THAT THE ONLY PLACE LEFT TO GO WOULD BE UP.

Sister_Ruby 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Get a video of Main Street, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. That's going to be Albany pretty soon.

VSU 7 months, 3 weeks ago

The freebie plantation must be getting desperate!

TrixibelleBento 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Let me guess...these folks will be encouraged to vote Republican? Lol

KaosinAlbany 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why can't they just hold a voter registration drive without the freebies?

VSU 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Just another racist move to get more black votes. If both presidential candidates were white, this event would not be happening.

Outtahere 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Well of course they are!

Sister_Ruby 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Straight from the video: "I'm gone git me some money!" What kind of money? "Obama money!!"

chinaberry25 7 months, 2 weeks ago

No, Sister Ruby., taxpayers money. Obama never gave to charity until he had to.

jglass 7 months, 2 weeks ago

WOW!!! The daily news in Albany never ceases to amaze me. "Come register to vote and get free food and clothes"!!!! Too funny!!! I hope when you do vote in November that you have your picture ID with you!!!!!

dingleberry 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Talk about buying potential voters! Likely, some of these will wind up as absentee voters once the Election Office is told of the numbers needed by the candidate of choice. This doesn't sound legal if assistance is only provided if one registers. Regardless, the whole effort is totally unethical but then we are dealing with "ethics lackers" to start with.

Isn't this in Lorenzo's hood?

BettyBowTie 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Buying voters

fatdaddygamer 7 months, 2 weeks ago

isn't this buying votes? and isn't it against the LAW? but since this is a democrat run city, NO one IS GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

chinaberry25 7 months, 2 weeks ago

There should be an injunction on this happening. You cannot give away valuable stuff to get folks to vote or get ready to vote. Report them to the FBI. They will investigate and I would hate to cross them.

budcollier1956 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Yes, giving away anything to induce another to register or to vote is a fellony. Certain people however consider themselves above the law, interpreting it to pertain only when and how it promotes their own agenda, concluding that it is only a dismissable tecnicallity, merely incidential to a self-determined civil right to do as they themselve see fit. They make mercenary the poor, the disinfranchised, the children, etc to cloak political self interest and to provide justification for not being held accountable under the law. The right to vote is available to all qualified to do so, and sould be promoted and protected, none eligible excluded. But in principle; to aspire to do the right and noble thing but to do it by wrong devices is never an acceptible foundation for government. No politician is worth a vote lest he first be found honest, ethical, moral in character, whose leadership is one of consistent integrety. One who campaigns dishonestly will rule the same way.

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