Voting rights groups are going to federal court to block part of a law the General Assembly passed two years ago prohibiting the provision of food and water to voters waiting in long lines at the polls.
Groups including the Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU of Georgia are seeking a preliminary injunction as part of a broader lawsuit that challenges changes to state election law Gov. Kemp and Republican legislative leaders passed in the General Assembly.
The bill’s supporters says the legislation was necessary to prevent volunteers seeking to influence voters in an area that is legally off limits to campaigning.
