Paycheck advance lender starts voter registration drive
Advance America, a paycheck advance lender, has kicked off a voter registration drive - and touched off criticism. Advance America launched the program Tuesday in Spartanburg with Carolina Panther Stephen Davis as the effort's spokesman for the Register in Advance campaign. Organizers hope to register more than 50,000 voters in time for the November elections. In 2002, the company registered about 50,000 people. [more]