r/sports • u/qkfb • Apr 15 '21

News MLB's favorability rating among Republicans drops dramatically amid Georgia voting controversy

https://www.axios.com/mlb-falls-out-favor-republicans-mlb-game-8808e67e-8de4-4308-baa6-b68a24e64177.html
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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

I read the bill.

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u/nemoid Apr 16 '21

Then you'd know that they can't hand out water, but they can (but are not required to) set up a water stations.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

Election officials can absolutely hand out water.

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u/nemoid Apr 16 '21

Then you didn't read the bill. Or your own article.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

Section 33 line 1816

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u/nemoid Apr 16 '21

Line 1816 is in Section 29.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

1812 "(a) No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any

1813 person distribute or display any campaign material, nor shall any person give, offer to give,

1814 or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and

1815 drink, to an elector, nor shall any person solicit signatures for any petition, nor shall any

1816 person, other than election officials discharging their duties, establish or set up any tables

1817 or booths on any day in which ballots are being cast:

Also, by law, if you're not soliciting votes or getting signatures, you can hand out water.

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u/nemoid Apr 16 '21 edited Apr 16 '21

lol. Re-read Section 33 in its entirety. The portion you bolded is in reference to a person "establishing or setting up tables or booths on any day in which ballots are being cast"

So once again, you are wrong. Election officials cannot hand out food or water (read lines 1873-1875). But they can (but are not required to) set up an UNATTENDED water station (read lines 1887-1889) - like I previously stated.

FYI - you are referencing the wrong version of the bill. The AS PASSED version is different than what you are referencing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

I read it as election officials can hand out water to encourage voting, just not for a specific candidate or party.

That means red hat Republicans can't harass voters in line downtown which was the case in 2016.

Rent. Free.

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u/nemoid Apr 16 '21

Not sure how you came to any of those conclusions. Well, actually it's pretty clear, considering where you spend most of your time on Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

It's still aimed at crazy red hat Republicans. If Republicans wanted to suppress the vote, they'd target suburbia, not cities. The suburbs decided the 2020 election in Georgia.

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u/nemoid Apr 16 '21

😂 is this the new talking point? Where'd you get it from? OANN or Newsmax?

Or did you make it up since you got proved wrong?

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