Here's a pic from our friend @sone4321 in Chicago. Apparently there's still a huge line - we've sent more pizza! pic.twitter.com/BgRjDBtPKD
— Pizza to the Polls (@PizzaToThePolls) November 7, 2016
Pizza to the Polls, a nonpartisan initiative by two Portland, Oregon-based web developers, is making waiting on line to vote for our next President a bit more tolerable by delivering fresh pizza pies across the country's polling places.
Head to the operation's website, enter the polling place's address and upload an image documenting the endless lines and the group will use donated money to order a pizza from a nearby shop and have it delivered to you directly. You could also contribute to the initiative by donating $10 for one pizza and up to $100 for ten of them.
"Americans are hungry for democracy and are turning out in record numbers to vote," reads the Pizza to the Polls website. "But that means long lines and sometimes empty stomachs, which might discourage these brave patriots from performing their civic duty."
Scott Duncombe and Noah Manger are the brains behind the operation. They used leftover funds from the political action committee Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands PAC to finance the project.
"I had access to that fund, and we didn't have any plans for it," Duncombe told The Huffington Post. "This felt like a good way to make sure that money went to a good cause."
Although clearly connected to an anti-Trump PAC, Duncombe adamantly claims that the operation is a completely non-partisan one simply meant to encourage voting.
“It’s for everyone who’s there: voters, poll workers, volunteers. We’re just trying to bring a little bit of joy to people waiting to vote," he said.