cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/7076150
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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This isn't some special unique ban. Giving anyone anything of any value for voting (even if it's just in general and without regard to who they claimed to vote for) is illegal and has been for a long time.
Anyone engaging in political messaging giving anything to anyone (or advertising in basically any fashion) within so many feet of any polling place (which includes the line) has also been illegal for a long time.
You could still probably get away with this anyways by setting up some kind of bottled water giveaway to anyone who wants some, regardless of if they are in line or even thinking about voting, so long as it also contains no reference to any candidate anywhere on it (because otherwise you couldn't do it near the line). But you'd have to absolutely avoid politicking whatsoever and you wouldn't be able to limit it to just voters. Which probably significantly reduces the desired impact.