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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]On top of making it a crime to give people in line to vote food and water.[/quote]

WTF[/quote]

This is the element that will ultimately get the law thrown out by federal courts.  Just wait and see. I'm glad they are morons. [/quote]

People can bring their own water or snacks.  Nothing prohibiting that.

[quote]The secretary of state referred to the practice as "line warming" - i.e., warming up the people in line to your position as you give them free pizza, for example. Raffensperger said that the practice can be used to "inappropriately influence voters in the crucial final moments before they cast their ballots" and that voting line giveaways "violate the protections Georgia law has placed on campaigning near a polling location or voting line and the prohibitions on providing rewards to voters that were enacted to stop pay-for-vote schemes."

The secretary's release pointed to Section 21-2-570 of the Georgia Code and said that "offering food, drinks, or other items of value to voters waiting in line who have already voted is forbidden under Georgia law."

Raffensperger said in a statement that, "Political organizations looking to game the system should be forewarned that we will not tolerate efforts to electioneer near polling sites in violation of the law.”
He said he is sending out an Official Election Bulletin "reminding elections officials that Georgia law establishes a buffer zone around polling locations to 'create an atmosphere of calm and non-interference for voters who are contemplating exercising one of their most basic constitutional rights.'"[/quote]

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/georgia-elections-officials-line-warming-crackdown/85-afb28fc8-f0aa-4cab-800d-443bc58ddca8[/quote]

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