Think Progress is reporting that a McDonalds in Canton, Ohio included a pamphlet in employee’s paychecks urging them to vote Republican next week. This action is an apparent violation of the Ohio Revised Code (3599.05):

No employer or his agent or a corporation shall print or authorize to be printed upon any pay envelopes any statements intended or calculated to influence the political action of his or its employees; or post or exhibit in the establishment or anywhere in or about the establishment any posters, placards, or hand bills containing any threat, notice, or information that if any particular candidate is elected or defeated work in the establishment will cease in whole or in part, or other threats expressed or implied, intended to influence the political opinions or votes of his or its employees.

This sounds like an independent action of a franchise, but McDonalds needs to come out with a statement rather quickly condemning the action and taking disciplinary action against the franchise.