Free Stuff on Election Day
Hello my fellow Americans. We all know it’s your God-given right to vote, but did you know it’s also your God-given right to get free stuff on election day? Some of your favorite corporations are pulling out a few stops to make sure people get out and vote.
Free Coffee at Starbucks
Your favorite coffee shop is giving away free coffee for everyone that claims to have voted on November 4. All you have to do is tell them that you voted. The caffeine will help you stay up late enough to see the results of the election. Their TV commercial reads,
“Come into Starbucks on November 4, tell us you voted and we will proudly give you a tall cup of coffee brewed on us.”
There isn’t much information about this online, just the TV commercial. I’m hoping there aren’t any catches. An “I Voted” sticker wouldn’t hurt your cause.
Free Donuts at Krispy Kreme
The once-hot Krispy Kreme is handing out special patriotic donuts to all customers that come in with an I Voted sticker. This promotion is limited to participating stores.
Free Ice Cream from Ben & Jerry’s
For its Democracy Never Tasted So Sweet campaign, the old ice cream maker is giving out free scoops of ice cream. Keep an eye on the clock: this promotion only runs from 5pm – 8pm.
As an added bonus, Ben & Jerry’s is stopping by some college campuses. LMU happens to be one of them…
Use the location finder on Ben & Jerry’s page to find the location nearest you.
Are there any election day freebies that we missed? Let us know in some comments!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kelly Sutton is a software engineer at blip.tv in New York City. During his days at Loyola Marymount University , he founded HackCollege. He earned degrees in film production and computer science (and took a fifth year). Kelly started HackCollege in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on Laser Squad Bravo , the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet, Fuck Yeah LMU ; and taught LMU's first Web video class and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure. Kelly started HackCollege in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on Laser Squad Bravo , the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet, Fuck Yeah LMU ; and taught LMU's first Web video class and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure. Kelly held some pretty awesome internships throughout college at Automatic Duck , Revision3 and blip.tv. He is quite the weird guy. He sold all of his possessions through his site, Cult of Less . The world apparently cared, along with the BBC, NBC Nightly News, CBC and Der Spiegel. Kelly is also a founder of LayerVault , a simple version control service for designers. Kelly has spoken at a few conferences including South by Southwest , 140conf and Trandmediale . Although he finds the word dirty, Kelly has consulted for many projects including TakePart , a subsidiary of Participant Media ( An Inconvenient Truth , The Cove , Syriana ) and Capture Your Flag . He has also published his very own guide to Berlin. Kelly is @ KellySutton on Twitter. Kelly can be reached at kelly@hackcollege.com
