IS THAT IN MY JOB DESCRIPTION?

So I saw this sign in the window of my local 7-11 yesterday.  (click on photo to enlarge)

Note the part at the bottom: "Ask your clerk for details."  Now if 7-11 is only requiring their clerks to provide information about voter registration, I suppose that would be pretty neutral (unless the clerk was an anarchist maybe and didn't believe in voting?).  But this sign seems to imply that the clerks will give out information urging someone to vote a particular way on a particular piece of legislation.

I haven't actually read anything yet about the specific proposition or what the tobacco tax is purporting to do, so I'm not giving an opinion on that.  I'm just mouthing off about the idea of making one's employees participate in political campaigning.  What would happen if one of those clerks said to a customer, "Here's what you need to register to vote, but this doesn't mean I'm telling you which way to vote on the proposition, because I'm in favor of it myself."  Hmmmm . . .

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[Jen R]

I'm just mouthing off about the idea of making one's employees participate in political campaigning.

Yeah, I would have thought that was illegal. I hope so. Even if not, it seems like it should count as some sort of in-kind donation from the business to the campaign.