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If you're in the Austin area and you've got the Lyft app, people are seeing a little message pop up that says:
Even though rides to the polls are a common practice during elections from political parties, this is a company and people are heading to the polls to vote for something that affects Lyft. So FOX 7 has been hearing from people that feel like this is just plain wrong and illegal.
But according to the Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir, even though she says it's making some people uncomfortable, it's not actually illegal.
DeBeauvoir says Texas Penal Code 30.02 addresses "Bribery" -- it's only illegal if you're offering a voter a direct exchange of something of value for their vote.
"What we watch for is 'well is this free ride to the polls in exchange for your vote?' And I don't think that's happening. You know, the people might be walking right up close to the line but they're not crossing it," DeBeauvoir said.
DeBeauvoir says the big difference between political campaigns giving free rides and Lyft giving free rides is that corporate money is funding the Pro-Prop 1 side so she says Lyft will have to keep track of every time someone takes a free ride and they'll have to report it.
Of course there are many people on Facebook right now who are still not agreeing that this is above board. DeBeauvoir says if anyone has any issues, call the Clerk's office.