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You're wrong. Period. Your BIG mistake is believing how the lefty msm tried to spin it. I've posted this info before, but here you go, again...
It is not illegal in GA to provide food and/or drink to those waiting in line at the polls. What IS illegal is electioneering while doing so. Here is the specific passage in SB 202, the only one in which food and drink is mentioned:
"Section 33
Said chapter is further amended by revising subsections (a) and (e) of Code Section 21-2-414, relating to restrictions on campaign activities and public opinion polling within the vicinity of a polling place, cellular phone use prohibited, prohibition of candidates from entering certain polling places, and penalty, as follows:
(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 lesson to be learned, here? DON'T believe the LIES Democrats and their msm sycophants tell you. They assume you're stupid and think they can trick you into believing their lies. And you fell for it. Stop that.
The real question here is why would anyone need to stand in line that long to vote? There should be enough polling places in any area to handle voting smoothly and efficiently. Even in peak hours in the morning and afternoon no one should have to wait over an hour.
Better yet, make mail-in ballots available to all who want them. No wait, no problem, no laws needed to cover electioneering at the polling places.
Actually, any election is a government granted privilege.
If there was no government, why would anyone vote, in or out of government?
Calling it a right only confuses people.
Voting is a right. The Revolutionary War was fought because the Colonies were paying taxes to England but were not allowed anyone in Parliament to represent their interests. We fought for the right to govern ourselves and pick our leaders.
Our representation is by ballot. You may not always get your choice, but you are represented whether you like the choice or not. If the government was to try to stop voting, you would have another Revolution in short order. And yes, I understand that due to gerrymandering the voting is not always fair and representative of a particular area.
The real question here is why would anyone need to stand in line that long to vote? There should be enough polling places in any area to handle voting smoothly and efficiently.
Ask them. The problem almost exclusively exists in Democrat-run wards/precincts.
Prove it because it is more lies from the far right when they lose but do not mention it when they win elections with mail-in ballots. Why is it only problematic when Republicans lose? Nobody can answer to the hypocrisy...
Unless I am horribly mistaken, no republican who was elected in any state Trump lost has complained about any sort of voting irregularities there in any race other than for the presidency. It is entirely selective outrage and much ado about nothing.
If the Democrats had actually rigged the election, no republican running would have survived. McConnell and Graham would have been gone at the very least.
'voting rights', my heinie.
call it what it is - election federalization.
Maybe, but the way I see it, if we were in a functioning era, the two sides would come together and figure out how to protect our elections.
They'd stop illegal voting AND district gerrymandering.
They'd insure accurate counts AND have consistent rules around the country for federal elections
They'd stop the partisan rules that BOTH SIDES try to put in place to restrict some voters while welcoming others.
Make a set of rules (Citizens can vote, non-citizens can't, if that's the rule) and make a consistent set of rules that are applicable to ALL ELLIGIBLE voters, to insure that they, and only they can vote.
Why is this even a partisan issue? (Rhetorical question, and please don't start an answer with "Because Democrats..." or "Because Republicans...". They both have accountability.
This should be a no-brainer, if our elected officials actually cared about election integrity.
Well sure. Look at the environment. You have the same people coming back day after day, year after year. Most don't participate much, if at all, in the other forums on the site.
This isn't facebook or twitter. You can't be here and also only passively participate in political discussions. If you're here and talking politics, it's implied that you're more interested in politics than the public generally, and it's not unreasonable to assume that the people here are better informed.
But that's just logic. It doesn't have to apply, and obviously it doesn't in a lot of cases.
Unless I am horribly mistaken, no republican who was elected in any state Trump lost has complained about any sort of voting irregularities there in any race other than for the presidency.
Here's why...
Quote:
"Why did Democrats underperform compared to Joe Biden?
The total vote cast for Republican House candidates in 2020 was 1.4 million less than for President Trump, while the total vote cast for Democratic House candidates fell short of Joe Biden’s total by 3.9 million."
A HUGE number of Biden ballots voted only for the election of a POTUS.
Not in the least unusual. It has always been the case that the presidential election gets more attention than anything downballot. Many people who usually don't vote voted in 2020 for the first time, including (IIRC) somewhere between 8-11 million new voters. A lot of the young voters probably didn't care about any of the other races, but were intent on getting rid of Trump. David Hogg's initiatives signed up a couple of million of them.
The Brookings article doesn't make any distinction, so there is no way to know what factors were taken into consideration. All voters are not interchangeable.
Those that have full day shifts at work. Those that were asked to work a double at work. Those of us unlucky enough to see our polling location close. Those of us subjected to traffic and cannot return to our districted polling location (we instead have to put in a provisional ballot.) Those of us that maybe have a 40 minute drive. Those of use who due to work, have to vote late enough that maybe just maybe results are already in prior to voting. I have seen a lot of this in Arizona. I don't understand why a mail in ballot is so aggresgious. If you feel that strongly against them, you can still vote in person. However it is convenient for me and so I do it that way.
Under Arizona Revised Statute 16-402, Arizona employers must grant employees paid time off work to vote if their work schedules would otherwise prevent them from voting. Specifically, employers must grant paid leave for voting if there are less than three hours between the time that polls open or close, and the time an employee starts or ends his or her shift.
Polls in Arizona usually open at 6:00am and close at 7:00pm on election days. Arizona’s time off for voting law typically protects employees who must start work before 9:00am and do not get off of work until after 4:00pm. If your regular schedule grants you a three-hour window to vote, you are not eligible for protection under A.R.S. 16-402.
For example, if you start work at 8:00am and end your shift at 5:00pm, your employer must allow you to come into work at 9:00am or leave work at 4:00pm. If your employer requires you to clock in at 10:00am and leave at 6:00pm, however, you will need to go to the polls before you come to work.
Maybe you ought to know your states laws
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