only when the person is in line already....if they aren't in line and you are 150 feet from the poling building you are free to hand it out.Nope you can still bring your own water, and take handouts from 150 feet before you come.And if poll workers just don't Feel like doing that?Poll workers jobs are to ensure the voters get to vote and laws are followed. IE, make sure Dems are electioneering. It's hardly a undo burden to set a extra table up to place food or drink on..
No water allowed
Taking the Sec of State out of it...and making decisions opaque and more partisan than everNo the Board does...the Sec of State still very much has a role. Obviously you didn't read the link. There was always a board of elections, and appointed the same way...the only difference is the SoS is not a voting member...taking politics further out of it.
You are there to vote, not have dinner bro.
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2poltical process...this makes it less political...and actually more like our Federal Eleet of afe5 ction Commission
No you cannot. The law says you cannot get within 25 feet of a voter standing in line. Why should anyone be barred from giving someone a bottle of water or a snack bro?
If within 150 feet, or they are already in line...you can donate your water or food...just give it to the polling volunteers, they can set it up in a location free to whomever want it. Really not that big a deal...I am sure they'll look forward to your donations.
Why? Because of electioneering...here is what the SCOTUS said, when Minn created the same law (and Xiden, Stacy Abrams, and the dems said nothing about)
The Minn law: No one except an election official or an individual who is waiting to register or to vote or an individual who is conducting exit polling shall stand within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is located. Minn. Stat. § 204C.06
The SCOTUS in a 7-2 ruling: We see no basis for rejecting Minnesota’s determination that some forms of advocacy should be excluded from the polling place, to set it aside as an island of calm in which voters can peacefully contemplate their choices. . . . Casting a vote is a weighty civic act, akin to a jury’s return of a verdict, or a representative’s vote on a piece of legislation. It is a time for choosing, not campaigning. The State may reasonably decide that the interior of the polling place should reflect that distinction. Minn. Voters Alliance v. Mansky
That's why...seems pretty reasonable to give people a 150 feet to be left alone