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Lyft Will Offer Discounted Rides to Voters During Midterm Elections

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday August 30 2018, @01:46PM   
from the need-a-lyft? dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Getting to the polls can be an obstacle for many American voters. Thirty-five percent of youth who didn't go to college say a lack of transportation was why they didn't vote in the 2016 election, according to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

Ride-hailing service Lyft said Thursday that it wants to help tackle the problem by offering half-priced rides across the country during this year's midterm elections. Riders can enter location-based codes into the Lyft app to access the discounted rides.

"It's about using our voice and our platform to make sure folks have access to go vote," said Mike Masserman, Lyft's head of Social Impact.

The US midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/lyft-will-offer-discounted-rides-to-voters-during-midterm-elections/

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Original Submission

• Re:Self-reporting, and accuracy (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 30 2018, @06:24PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 30 2018, @06:24PM (#728351)

  My post was a list of rules for a "low information voting tactic".

  So Z would be "Become a well informed voter and chose a candidate who best represents most of your values rather than doing nothing and then complaining about the government's failure to meet your needs and expectations"?

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