A Georgia federal court judge declined this week to temporarily block the state’s controversial election rules, which several voting rights and civil rights organizations claim will disenfranchise Black voters throughout the 2024 election.
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Proposed election restrictions include buffer zone to hand voters water
Atlantans Diane Latham (L) and Holly Frew handed out bottled water and snacks to voters during 2020 primary early voting at Fulton County s College Park library precinct. Six-hour waits to cast a ballot at the precinct were common all day. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder
After hearing reports of people standing in line for hours after early voting opened in last June’s primary election, Atlanta resident Holly Frew decided to pitch in to make the wait outside a Fulton County precinct more bearable.
She and a friend teamed up to hand out snacks and cold water to voters waiting at the College Park Library branch, where the line of voters snaked far from the entrance. The voters she met were grateful for the refreshments after standing in long lines.