Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines | CNN Politics
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A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast ballots, as well as halted enforcement of a requirement that voters put their birth dates on the outer envelope of their ballots.

A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast ballots, as well as halted enforcement of a requirement that voters put their birth dates on the outer envelope of their ballots.

  • @some_guy
    11•11 months ago

    I was gonna try to explain it, but @lolcatnip said it more succinctly than I would. I’ll just chime in to say that this is disingenuous:

    Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement that the decision “should have limited effect.”

    “Due to the good work that both the state and county election officials have done to ensure short lines for voters, this decision should have limited effect,” he said. “I am grateful that the ban on giving things of value to voters remains in place within 150 feet of the polling place. All voters should have the right to cast their vote in peace without being subject to potentially unwanted solicitations.”

    As if anyone standing in line hasn’t already made up their mind. “Oh, a bottle of water when I’ve been in line for an hour? Guess I’ll vote for your guy because I’m a thoughtless idiot.”

    • @AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      Due to the good work that both the state and county election officials have done to ensure short lines for voters

      Of course this is the real answer, if it is true. It’s not just suffering in the heat that would make people disinclined to vote, but the line itself. Somehow I doubt they’ve really shortened the lines in places where “those people” vote.

      I’ve never in my life had to wait in a line long enough to matter, since I live where we encourage people to vote. Of course it’s also a mostly white suburb, so I could be totally off-base