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No, the Olive Garden Pasta Pass is not like voting

Headline from Fast Company, on the newest of 2 developments

The never-ending debate about voter ID has come to the home of never-ending pasta. Over the past few days, a clarification from Olive Garden about guests providing ID to use their Never-Ending Pasta Pass has become a flashpoint for prominent conservatives.

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  1. GOP links SAVE Act to Olive Garden's unlimited pasta deal

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    No, the Olive Garden Pasta Pass is not like voting

    Headline from Fast Company ·

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  1. The Boston Globe

    How the GOP turned Olive Garden into a voter ID talking point (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    Republicans are claiming that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It’s not that simple.

  2. The Hill

    GOP links SAVE Act to Olive Garden's unlimited pasta deal (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    GOP leaders have recently tried to make a comparison about voter ID laws in the SAVE Act to something that is drawing more than a few eyes: Olive Garden’s never-ending pasta pass. In a hearing on Monday, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.

  3. Breitbart News

    Olive Garden Becomes Center of Voter ID Battle over 'Never-Ending Pasta Pass' Rule (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about voter ID. Marlow said, “If you would like to have the never-ending pasta pass, there’s one thing that you’re going to need if you want to collect your fetuccini

  4. FOX8 WGHP

    NC Rep. Virginia Foxx compares SAVE Act voter ID laws to Olive Garden's unlimited pasta deal (opens FOX8 WGHP)

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    FOX8 WGHP's feed description

    When the never-ending pasta pass was initially reintroduced, the popular pasta chain stated customers would need to show a photo ID to be able to use it.

  5. Fast Company

    No, the Olive Garden Pasta Pass is not like voting (opens Fast Company)

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    Fast Company's feed description

    The never-ending debate about voter ID has come to the home of never-ending pasta. Over the past few days, a clarification from Olive Garden about guests providing ID to use their Never-Ending Pasta Pass has become a flashpoint for prominent conservatives.

  6. BizPac Review

    Olive Garden comparison leaves Capitol Hill doing a double take (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    The Republican Party pointed out that using your Olive Garden Never-Ending Pasta Pass required more identification than some states require to vote. GOP leaders pushing the SAVE […]

  7. Blaze Media

    If voter ID stops women and minorities from voting, how are they getting Olive Garden’s Pasta Pass? (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    When Olive Garden revived its Never-Ending Pasta Pass promotion, allowing a limited number of patrons to purchase 13 weeks of unlimited pasta bowls for just $100, the nationwide chain known for breadsticks and gargantuan proportions didn’t expect it to become political fodder for the GOP.

  8. Truthout

    Republicans Push Voter ID by Comparing It to Olive Garden’s “Pasta Pass” (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    “Voting is a constitutional right. It is not a lunch special,” one Democratic lawmaker said in response.

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