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Atlanta Gun Store Raffling Off A Gun For Votes | Eight billboards advertising a free chance to win a firearm at a local gun store appeared in the Atlanta area recently. Initially, in order to qualify for the raffle, contestants had to show up with a voting sticker proving that they had cast a ballot:
The store eventually opened the raffle up to all comers, whether they cast a ballot or not, because the original raffle ran afoul of a Georgia law prohibiting offers of prizes for votes.
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