Quote (ofthevoid @ 7 Apr 2021 17:21)

Why stop at water? The logical next step is to up the ante. The next steps are we'll have tm sponsored cookouts, team-sponsored raffles at polling stations, and so on.

Quote (Djunior @ 7 Apr 2021 17:36)

Since when are people so retarded that they can't bring a bottle of water with them? Oh you mean the democrats lol well yeah tough shit in that case heh

Quote (ofthevoid @ 7 Apr 2021 08:24)

>why can't political actors bribe voters with small gifts reeeeee

Quote (InsaneBobb @ 7 Apr 2021 04:56)

You don't know what you're talking about.

The Georgia law is intended to prevent political committees from giving gifts that may sway votes.

Do you want the NRA handing out Gatorade and Pizza to people waiting in line to vote, garnering potential support from voters away from gun control measures, for instance?

Anyone can bring their own food and drinks. The law does not prohibit a person from eating or drinking. Polling places can also be set up with water coolers from the start for "self service".

The intent of the law is exactly the same as every other law that is designed to prevent the "buying of votes". The Biden characterization of the law is nonsensical.

I think a point of greater concern would be why there are such long lines in the first place. When campaign spending for senate races in Georgia alone were in the 9 figures bracket, how and why are there so few polling places, so badly managed, that people end up in lines 2+ hours in the first place?

Since people are so quick to talk about taxes, how about we "tax" 10% of all campaign funds raised from all sources, pour those funds into increasing the number of staffed polling places, and eliminate the lines altogether?

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SB 202, March 25: (a) No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any person distribute or display any campaign material, nor shall any person give, offer to give, or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and drink, to an elector, nor shall any person solicit signatures for any petition, nor shall any person, other than election officials discharging their duties, establish or set up any tables or booths on any day in which ballots are being cast:

(1) Within 150 feet of the outer edge of any building within which a polling place is established;

(2) Within any polling place; or

(3) Within 25 feet of any voter standing in line to vote at any polling place. These restrictions shall not apply to conduct occurring in private offices or areas which cannot be seen or heard by such electors.

(e) This Code section shall not be construed to prohibit a poll officer from distributing materials, as required by law, which are necessary for the purpose of instructing electors or from distributing materials prepared by the Secretary of State which are designed solely for the purpose of encouraging voter participation in the election being conducted or from making available self-service water from an unattended receptacle to an elector waiting in line to vote.

Quote (ofthevoid @ 7 Apr 2021 12:28)

So let's look at the actual verbiage of the law.

tl;dr you can bring or order whatever you want, you can even have a cooler for people you just can't have political actors bringing you these things as a means to solicit votes within 150 feet of the premise

Not sure how so many of you view this common-sense measure as some sort of attempt to disenfranchise votes when it just prevents political actors close to the election premise from trying to sway voters with gifts/favors

Quote (fender @ Apr 7 2021 06:26pm)

probably since republicans closed polling stations (mostly in poor, minority, and urban areas) to CREATE those lines that require you to wait for hours, on a workday, in order to vote - in a country that considers itself the beacon of democracy no less. what a joke...

Quote (Crunkt @ Apr 7 2021 12:30pm)

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YOU ARE A CRIMINAL FOR GIVING A PERSON WATER

WHAT A STUPID FUCKING COUNTRY

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Quote (Skinned @ Apr 7 2021 12:11pm)

Is that happening now? We're addressing existing problems. This hasn't been a problem for hundreds of years.

This is just dishonesty.

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In 2016, the founders of a nonprofit called Pizza to the Polls said reports of long lines at early voting locations prompted them to raise $10,000 and deliver about 2,000 pizzas at more than 100 polling locations in 24 states. The group, which opposes the Georgia law, raised $400,000 in 2018 and $1.5 million in 2020, providing pizzas to voters in most states, including Georgia.

Quote (ofthevoid @ 7 Apr 2021 12:32)

when you have a sub 90 iq it must be difficult to understand basic English let alone legal code

Quote (excellence @ 7 Apr 2021 12:41)

it’s a laugh how much the foreign voyeur jock sniffers manage to spam here, if only showcase their inability to read or understand anything. they have company with the domestic voyeurs who think certain groups lack the agency to feed themselves and that paying for sustenance is an affront to the Bill of Rights.

if that’s the case then okay fine, the pale pasty privileged lefties have to fund everyone elses meals while they exercise and and Rights (and it cannot be done with taxpayer funds)