December 18, 2007

See the Gipson mailer

This morning's Bee has the story of a campaign mailer from Assembly candidate Mike Gipson that promises voters a chance at a $250 gift card in exchange for casting a ballot and bringing a voting stub to Gipson HQ.

The end of the mailer notes "you are eligible to win ... no matter who you vote for."

It's a practice that is legal in California, but illegal at the federal level, though California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said "it probably should be" illegal at the state level.

In any case, we've posted the front of the controversial Christmas-card like mailer for those wanting to see what it looked like.

Posted by Shane Goldmacher on December 18, 2007 12:51 PM