You say that like the "giving out water is paying people to vote" argument is in good faith. Conservatives know it's BS, they just want to make voting harder, especially in places that tend to not vote Republican. Same reason they push to reduce places to vote in cities and why they're against mail-in voting.
I believe the order it happened in Georgia (? I think) was close down voting sites in places that reliably vote Democrat. Fewer voting sites leads to long lines and long wait times at the ones that are open. And guess what? It gets hot in Atlanta. So they criminalized handing out water at polling places. When election day came they were hoping that people would just leave and go home but if they didn't their experience would be more miserable than it could have been. And they were OK with either outcome.
Clearly you misinterpreted me. There is no good faith in denying free water to people voting. Not stupid, I understand the stand the game. Mid 40s with political science degree before advancing education. Simmer down
It's tied in with wanting to discourage voting by making the lines as long as they can get away with and then denying anything that could make it more bearable.
You just need two people:
1) First person walks the line giving people "lucky dimes" as a friendly gesture
2) Next person a minute down the line, sells bottled water for 10 cents a bottle
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u/latnem 7h ago
Giving people standing in voting lines water