Democratic Party giveaways to voters, inducements for voting

In past years, the Democratic Party and their supporters have engaged in unique "GOTV" efforts, including:

* "Cigarettes Distributed For Gore Vote" (November 6, 2000) (link) ("Milwaukee's WISN 12 News caught workers for Vice President Al Gore's campaign giving packs of cigarettes to homeless voters that they had transported to cast absentee ballots...")

* "Democrat Vote Buying filmed by TV Camera Crew" (October 26, 2002) (link) ("The NBC affiliate in Milwaukee has just filmed Democratic campaign workers handing out small amounts of money and free food to residents at a home for the mentally ill in Kenosha after which the patients were shepherded into a separate room and given absentee ballots. One of the Democratic Party workers fled when she saw the NBC camera...")

* "The Voter Turnout Will Swing Election" (October 30, 2000) (link) ("In Wisconsin, the Voter Empowerment Project of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is working to get as many mentally ill people as possible to the polls to vote Democratic...")

Past is prologue, so this thread will be updated with new examples of the Democratic Party's GOTV efforts, like:

* "Houston mayor cancels free flu shots at polling places" (November 1, 2006) (link) ("Mayor Bill White today ordered a halt to a privately funded drive to offer flu vaccinations at early voting sites in Hispanic and black neighborhoods, amid conservative criticism that the effort would boost Democratic votes... White defended the program at a news conference today, saying public health was the city's only motive in launching the initiative. Still, he said he decided this morning to abandon the plan after today to avoid perception that it could be viewed as an effort to draw certain voters to the polls. White is a former chairman of the state Democratic Party...)

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You say that mentally ill people are voting Democratic. So what else is new?