A federal judge refused to block part of a Georgia election law that bans the distribution of food and water to voters waiting in line at polling sites.
The decision on Aug. 18 comes in a case brought a group led by the Stacey Abrams-linked voting and redistricting advocacy organization New Georgia Project, which challenged various parts of a multi-pronged election reform measure SB 202—also known as the Election Integrity Act of 2021 (pdf)—passed by the Georgia Legislature in March 2021 with no support from Democrats in both the state House and Senate.
