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Group offers churches $6-a-ballot to help people vote early

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Alabama officials say implementation is going smoothly with a new law requiring voters to show a photo ID to vote.

 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s election’s chief says a group’s offer to pay churches $6 for every person they help to vote early this year does not violate any law. 

The “New South Souls to the Polls Initiative” is offering to pay churches a $6 contribution for each documented early vote.

Former state Sen. Hank Sanders is an organizer of the effort. He says the $6 is to compensate groups for transportation, and time to help people vote early. He says it is not tied to voting a particular way.

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said there is nothing nefarious as long as the $6 is not tied to voting a particular way.

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