Ammons said he didn’t know whether Starbucks would change its promotion in response to the call from a representative for Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed. Should the chain proceed with the giveaway, any prosecution would be the jurisdiction of state or federal prosecutors, Ammons said.

„We would not be advocating for legal action” if Starbucks chooses to give free coffee to voters, Ammons said.

Zrodlo to samo co powyzej. Zobaczymy

Starbucks Free Java Violates Election Law, State Says (Update1)

By Duane D. Stanford

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest chain of coffee shops, may violate federal election laws if it follows through with a promise to give free coffee tomorrow to those who vote.

Election officials in the state of Washington told the Seattle-based coffee chain that federal law prohibits payment of money, goods or services in return for voting, said David Ammons, spokesman for the Washington secretary of state.

„Federal law makes no distinction between cups of coffee or a raffle ticket versus a buy-the-vote kind of thing on the other end of the spectrum,” Ammons said today in an interview. „We just told Starbucks, essentially, no good deed goes unpunished. We appreciate the gesture, but it’s forbidden.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aIBd9wa0Xh7U&refer=us

Meiszkalem w Seattle pare lat po tym jak Starbucks powstal i byl jeszcze mlody. Obecny Starbucks to nie jest nawet wspomnienie po tamtym, oryginalnym

Co by nie bylo – ja ich tall-americana i tak bym nie wypila, ale uwazam,ze to ladny gest – nie mowiac o reklamie, bo ludzie pojda i zamowia to co lubia / np.ja i ska/

Ale moze nie taka szkoda, bo ostatnio kawa w Starbucks nie najlepsza….