Georgia Voting Law,Who Was Right And Wrong? (voters, interview, campaign)

[Motion]

When you look at how things turned out with this week's election results. Who was proven right and wrong with the voting law?

[Mutiny77]

Primaries tend to turn out more committed voters. It will be interesting to see what happens in November.

The biggest takeaway for me was Herschel Walker's win.

[Motion]

I think the main point they were making in that video interview is that the GA law didn't show itself to be the restrictive law that critics claim it was.

I live in Georgia and I hadn't heard anyone say that because of this law they wouldn't be able to vote.

I also want to clarify the water thing.
Georgia voters can bring their own water. Poll workers can provide water. Organizations can provide water and refreshments but they must do it from a certain distance.

[djmilf]

The 2022 Georgia primary elections had about 2 million votes cast. The 2020 Georgia general elections had about 5 million votes cast.

Drawing conclusions from the 2022 primaries are at best suspect, as the stress on the election systems was at only 40%, roughly speaking.

Let's see how it performs when asked to function at full capacity.

[Motion]

Originally Posted by djmilf

Drawing conclusions from the 2022 primaries are at best suspect, as the stress on the election systems was at only 40%, roughly speaking.

Let's see how it performs when asked to function at full capacity.

The type of stress you're referring to is going to be common with many states and the general election.

[prospectheightsresident]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

Primaries tend to turn out more committed voters. It will be interesting to see what happens in November.

The biggest takeaway for me was Herschel Walker's win.

Every single time that the left has claimed that commonsense voting laws would depress turnout and disproportionately impact "people of color" has turned out to be complete and utter hogwash. As commonsense voter ID laws were implemented throughout the country--to include in heavy black population states--voter turnout increased tremendously (we saw this throughout the south when Obama was on the ballot). It's time to call the media and left out for their unsubstantiated and repeatedly proven false and racist narrative.

[uggabugga]

the morons who continuously bellowed 'jim crow 2.0!!' were dead wrong.

[kell490]

Originally Posted by Motion

I think the main point they were making in that video interview is that the GA law didn't show itself to be the restrictive law that critics claim it was.

I live in Georgia and I hadn't heard anyone say that because of this law they wouldn't be able to vote.

I also want to clarify the water thing.
Georgia voters can bring their own water. Poll workers can provide water. Organizations can provide water and refreshments but they must do it from a certain distance.

Have you read the law?

"(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."



The way I read that is no person shale distribute water or food within 25 feet of any voter standing in line.

I don't live in GA, but at least here where it's well over 110F in the summers I never seen a poll worker hand out water. We also don't have 12 hour wait times to vote like Georgia does in some of those cities. My only conclusion is that this provision was designed to get people where those 12 hour lines were to go home and not vote.

[SanJuanStar]

Originally Posted by kell490

The way I read that is no person shale distribute water or food within 25 feet of any voter standing in line.

I don't live in GA, but at least here where it's well over 110F in the summers I never seen a poll worker hand out water. We also don't have 12 hour wait times to vote like Georgia does in some of those cities. My only conclusion is that this provision was designed to get people where those 12 hour lines were to go home and not vote.

Don't think too hard, you might blow up a brain cell. That is not what the law says. Government workers or campaign operatives can't give water or food or money or flyers to the voters waiting in line to campaign for their vote. I know you Democrats are used to the government giving you free stuff but you are reading the law wrong.

If a family member or friend wants to bring you food or water while you wait, that's perfectly legal. If the person in front of you wants to give you his water bottle it's perfectly legal. If the person behind you wants to hold your line while you go to the restroom or the vending machine is perfectly legal. You would think that every person should bring their own water or snack or buy it with their own money but people make a circus out of themselves and the process.

[scorpio516]

Originally Posted by SanJuanStar

If a family member or friend wants to bring you food or water while you wait, that's perfectly legal. If the person in front of you wants to give you his water bottle it's perfectly legal. If the person behind you wants to hold your line while you go to the restroom or the vending machine is perfectly legal.

Read the law.

All that is illegal.

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.

Any person. Family members and friends of electors are persons.
Any person. The person in line in front of you is a person.
Any gift. Saving place in line is a gift. The two persons around you are gifting you the space in line.