Strip club owners asking patrons to vote [View All]

[Feanorcurufinwe]

Patrons at about 75 Wisconsin strip clubs are being asked to forget about the barely dressed, gyrating dancers long enough to register to vote. Club owners are posting signs, handing out forms and even providing envelopes and stamps - anything to get customers to register. And some club-goers are listening.

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"I'm not sure the president is deeply concerned about strip clubs, necessarily," he said. "The effort to register voters, that's welcomed. That's a good thing. That's certainly an audience or constituency that's not necessarily been targeted in the past. But I would question the motives here. This is a group with a political agenda. These folks are getting propaganda from the left." Exotic dance clubs in about 18 states are registering voters, said Bradley Shafer, a Michigan-based attorney who advises clubs on how to conduct the drives. He expects that number to grow.

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Edward "Butch" Woller, a 53-year-old retiree from Beloit, said he hadn't voted in nearly 20 years and appreciated the convenience of registering at the place he visits four to five times a week.

Melissa Smithey, a 19-year-old stripper from Janesville, said she wouldn't have registered if not for the drive at The Isabella Queen. "It makes people think we're not just about nudity, but that we're taking part in society," Smithey said.
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