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New #FactChecker --> No, Delaware doesn’t specifically prohibit food or water at the polls like Georgia
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This article is accurate. It is not misinformation for not saying that you might be able to bring your own food and water under the Georgia law. And there is no exception in Georgia for poll workers, only for an unattended water station. Read Section 33 of the law yourself:
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This tweet implies that Georgie prohomibits food or water at the polls. However, it does not. Georgia only prohibits handing out those items to people in line as an attempt to limit potentially bribery.
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No, Georgia doesn?t specifically prohibit food or water at the polls like Glenn suggests.
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Georgia SB 202 specifically prohibits outside volunteers from distributing food or water to voters. The law specifically exempts poll workers from this provision. Nothing in SB 202 itself prohibits food or water in voting lines.
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Food and water are not prohibited if you read the actual law. Poll workers are able to hand out both.
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SB 202, Georgia's voting law does not prohibit food or water at polling places, as Glenn Kessler suggests. The law exempts poll workers from prohibitions on political entities providing, water. (Section 1823).
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2021-03-29

