Can you hand out food to voters standing in line in Georgia?

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Can you hand out food to voters standing in line in Georgia?

It is now now illegal to hand out food or water to people standing in line to vote in Georgia. Megan Dominy, in this image, offers water and snacks to voters at an early voting location on October 24, 2020, in Smyrna, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images via CNN)

What does Georgia’s new law mean for food and water giveaways?

The new law allows poll workers to set up self-serve water stations for voters to use. On “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace and a Republican strategist argued about the particulars of Georgia’s new law banning certain food and water giveaways to voters in line.

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Is it illegal to give people bottles of water in Georgia?

A Georgia law has not “criminalized giving people bottles of water.” It pertains to political organizations. A man receives free snacks from the Pizza to the Polls food trucks on site at an early voting location, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP)

Is Georgia’s Bill an attempt to target voters of color?

Attorney Walter Shaub, former director of the US Office of Government Ethics, also has criticized the measure as an attempt to target voters of color. “Georgia’s bill would make it a crime to give free food or water to voters standing in line for hours and hours.

Is it a crime to give people bottles of water in Georgia?

Holmes said a Georgia law has not “criminalized giving people bottles of water.” It pertains to political organizations. SB 202 makes it a crime for people — and not just people from political organizations — to hand out food or bottles of water within 150 feet of a polling place or 25 feet of any voter standing in line.

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Are Georgia’s voter ID laws suppressing working class and black voters?

The fact that these laws are specifically designed to suppress working-class and Black voters, who make up one-third of Georgia’s population and tend to overwhelmingly vote Democratic, is enraging. More rigid ID requirements on their own will always impact Black voters more harshly.