Politics & Government

Need A Ride To The Polls? LimeBike Has You Covered.

Find out how to get a free ride to the polls with LimeBike.

ST. LOUIS, MO — LimeBike, the company responsible for those lime green bicycles and scooters scattered around St. Louis, is partnering with Vote.org and providing free access to its full fleet of bikes, e-bikes and scooters so that voters can get to the polls on election day.

To get a free ride on Tuesday, open up the company's app and enter the code LIME2VOTE18. You'll be able to unlock any LimeBike for a free ride to and from the polls (the company says for up to 30 minutes) in St. Louis and a hundred other U.S. cities.

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Riders will also be directed to reminders.vote.org to sign up for election reminders, the company says.

LimeBike says it is also giving all full-time employees time off to vote.

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"Whether this is your first time reading about Lime or you’ve been a member of our community from the beginning, we are proud to continue serving our riders in innovative ways and providing them with new opportunities to be a part of a better future," said the company's co-founder, Brad Bao. "This November 6th, seize the opportunity and vote!"

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Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday and don't close until 7 p.m., so get out there and get voting. If you are in line at 7, no matter how long the line is, you must be allowed to vote, so remember to stay in line, even if it's past closing time. You can check your registration status or find your polling place here.

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