Deal Desk: Free Rides to the Polls, a Doughnut for Your Sticker and the First Early Black Friday Drops

Tuesday is a rare triple booking: Election Day, National Sandwich Day and the week retailers quietly start their early Black Friday sales. We read DealNews, Slickdeals and the brands’ own announcements so you can vote, lunch and shop without paying full price for any of it. Prices were checked on the morning of Nov. 3 and change quickly; confirm at checkout.

Getting to the Polls

• LA Metro, free all day. Los Angeles Magazine reports that Metro charges no fares on Election Day and hosts ballot drop boxes at 12 stations. Metro Bike Share: choose “1-Ride” and enter code 110326 for 30 free minutes. Metro Micro is free with no code. Drop boxes close at 8 p.m.
• Lyft, half off one ride to a polling place. Per the Slickdeals listing, code VOTE26 takes 50 percent off, up to 10 dollars, on one ride to a polling place on Nov. 3 between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. local time. Black and Black SUV rides are excluded; scooters and bikeshare are included.

The Sticker Pays

Krispy Kreme is giving a free Original Glazed doughnut on Nov. 3 at participating U.S. shops to anyone who says they voted or shows an “I Voted” sticker. No purchase is required; it is one per guest while supplies last. “Showing up for our communities – whether by voting or volunteering at the polls – is worth celebrating,” said Alison Holder of Krispy Kreme. Slickdeals members confirmed the offer in a community thread.

National Sandwich Day

USA Today’s Gabe Hauari rounded up the chains. The ones worth your lunch hour:

• Jimmy John’s: buy one, get one for JJ Rewards members with code “SANDWICH,” online and in the app, Nov. 3.
• Subway: moved its celebration to Oct. 27; Sub Club members get a free footlong with a footlong purchase in the app or online through Nov. 8.
• Potbelly: code “BOGO.”
• Jersey Mike’s: free delivery with a 5-dollar minimum.
• Firehouse Subs: a free medium sub with an online or app order of 15 dollars or more.
• Pepsi on DoorDash: 15 dollars off a 25-dollar order that includes a Pepsi drink; code PEPSI15OFF on Nov. 3 and 15OFFPEPSI on Nov. 4.
• Schlotzsky’s: 5-dollar mediums for Rewards members, Oct. 31 to Nov. 3.
• 7-Eleven: a 1-dollar 20-ounce drink with a sandwich for 7Rewards members.
• Capriotti’s: buy one, get one 50 percent off for Rewards members.

Mark the calendar: National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day is Nov. 9. And if you are a breakfast voter, DealNews lists Einstein Bros. Bagels at six bagels for 7 dollars in the bakery.

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Early Black Friday, Already Live

The DealNews front page on Tuesday morning was led by Best Buy’s early Black Friday markdowns of half off or more:

• LG 55-inch C6 OLED TV: 1,000 dollars, a thousand off.
• TCL 40-inch Q3CR TV: 150 dollars.
• Insignia 24-inch 144Hz monitor: 60 dollars.
• Lenovo 15.3-inch Chromebook: 189 dollars.
• Beats at Best Buy, up to 41 percent off: Studio Pro 100 dollars off, Powerbeats Pro 2 50 dollars off, Solo Buds from 70 dollars. My Best Buy members (free to join) get free shipping on all orders.

Getting Dressed for the Season

• Woot fragrance testers, up to 75 percent off, ending today: Versace Dylan Blue tester at 57 dollars; Montblanc Legend Red at 34 dollars.
• lululemon Men’s We Made Too Much: up to 50 percent off.
• Spyder men’s rain jackets: 30 percent off, plus an extra 30 percent with code “RAINCHECK30.” Los Angeles, take the hint from Halloween.
• Target matching family pajamas: from 5 dollars, free shipping on orders of 35 dollars or more. Holiday-card season begins now.

For the Nights In

• AMC movie package: 65 percent off at Giftory with code “AMCTREAT65.”
• LEGO: up to 40 percent off.
• Woot open-box clearance: up to 90 percent off through Nov. 8.
• Costco Gold Star membership: 65 dollars for new members, who get a 45-dollar digital Costco Shop Card after enrolling in auto-renewal, per DealNews.
• AliExpress Singles Day: sales are rolling ahead of Nov. 11.

The rule of the desk: vote first, eat second, shop third. The doughnut does not care who you voted for, and neither does the OLED.

Sources

1. Los Angeles Magazine: Free rides and ballot boxes available at LA Metro
2. Slickdeals: Lyft 50% off rides to the polls, valid on November 3rd
3. Krispy Kreme: Krispy Kreme makes Election Day sweeter with free Original Glazed
4. Slickdeals: Krispy Kreme Election Day thread
5. USA Today: National Sandwich Day 2026 deals
6. DealNews: front page, Nov. 3, 2026

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