Marc Elias has an idea on how to get water to voters...

[Nevilledog]

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Tweet text:
Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
What if Georgia had a really big company that already made bottled water and could commit to distribute water free to everyone voting on Election Day. A company so big, and prominent, and important to Georgia that it wouldn't be criminally prosecuted.

Any ideas?🤔
7:44 PM · Mar 26, 2021

[The Roux Comes First]

1. Oh, Let Me Think!!

[ShazzieB]

2. Gee, I wonder...

There has to be one, right? I wonder....

[Iliyah]

3. God works in . ....

mysterious ways.

[Karadeniz]

4. Remember the man who left food and water out for illegal immigrants. Charged with breaking the

Law. Said his religious beliefs compelled him to help those in need. He couldn't just let people die. He won.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. That isn't really the problem, right?

Yeah, it sucks and is morally (and probably legally) wrong, but aren't there bigger problems than just people offering other people water?

[uncle ray]

21. water is what is giving national attention to GAs Jim Crow election law.

of course there are other parts of the law that are worse. the fact that you cannot hand out water, which has practically no value other than sustaining life, to voters is something that resonates with everybody. water is what drives home the point that this is not about electioneering at the polling place, instead it's about punishing black voters. its all about being able to vote. you can count me in with the thousands of Americans who are prepared to go to GA for the next election to hand out water. I'll proudly take a felony charge for handing out water.

so yeah, it's a pretty BFD.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. What if we had a crowd of people.....

coming down the street - holding bottles of something.......

..... and maybe someone starts to sing.......

[Hekate]

13. Sounds like a plan. Always loved that commercial.

[Dan]

7. Another option that has been used in the past....

Fill the jails, clog the courts, demand jury trials.... make the U.S. international news about it’s mistreatment of minority/female/young voters - much like during the civil rights era. Shame the U.S. government, the U.S. international corporations, Shame the Brand - MAGA.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Specify that you are practicing Christian love, mercy, and charity.

Specify that you are practicing Christian love, mercy, and charity.

Republicans are now against it.

[mopinko]

18. we really need to play that up.

WE need to be the ones w the wwjd bracelets as we pass out water and sandwiches.

[tavernier]

23. Or wine and fish sandwiches

to stay with the reference.

[mopinko]

25. perfect.

i'm not kidding about this. there is a whole language sitting there that we have let them co-opt.
we should take it back.

[gratuitous]

30. Chapter and verse

Matthew, chapter 25, verses 31 through 46. Pretty clear language that feeding the hungry, giving water to the thirsty, not to mention the whole tending to the sick (socialized medicine!) and visiting the imprisoned thing. Is the State of Georgia saying that I should obey men and their laws and disobey God's clear commandment?

Let the fundagelicals try to explain how the passage doesn't really mean what it plainly says.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

8. Brilliant!!

[agingdem]

9. Gee whiz could it be Coca Cola???...but so far not a word...

not only do the Atlanta based multi-national conglomerates, sports franchises, and entertainment industry have to take a stand but so does every out of state venue that pours hundreds of millions of dollars into the Georgia economy...cancel, boycott and do it publicly...

[scarletwoman]

10. Well played, Marc Elias, well played!

[More_Cowbell]

12. Give the voters water pistols

I saw this earlier but can't find the tweet that proposed it.

[Hekate]

14. What a great plan

[SergeStorms]

15. I was thinking of starting a little business.

Selling water to those in line for 1 cent per cup. For those who don't have a penny for water, easy credit terms would be available, say....1/10 cent for 10 months. All credit applications have guaranteed approval.

I never said I was a good businessman.

[judesedit]

29. Good one

[Brother Buzz]

16. Two can play this game - Lets get the Cola war going again

[dobleremolque]

17. Well, if you can give water legally because it's considered a

an improper inducement in exchange for a vote, sell the water for 1¢ per bottle.

Don't know if Georgia charges sales tax on a bottle of water, but get a sales tax license just in case and oh, also take any required "food handler" training and get that certificate, so you're covered from the health and sanitation perspective.

This approach could probably also work for hungry Georgia voters stranded in long lines at the polls. I read somewhere that Chef José Andres said he's resigned to going to jail in Georgia as he feeds voters stuck in long lines. No need, Chef. Just charge a penny.

Entrepreneurial opportunity here too, to hire someone for a penny, to hold a Georgia voter's place in line while they get something to eat or drink or go to the bathroom.

I'd need to win the lottery to fund a corporation to do these things, but maybe it could be done with a nonprofit. I dunno. Let's out-think Kemp and the white racist legislators and get something in place before the next election.

It's not an improper inducement. It's a capitalist free market commercial transaction. Georgia white racists Republicans love the Invisible Hand ... and we can work to help it break off a couple of fingers stuck where the Georgia legislative sun don't shine.

[keithbvadu2]

19. Benny Hill playing the corrupt Southern sheriff...

Benny Hill playing the corrupt Southern sheriff... Car dealership offers to bribe him by giving him a new Cadillac. He says that would be unethical and dishonest. I could not do that. Oh, you can sell me one for a dollar? They will be fine. I'll take two.

[uncle ray]

22. no, free. make them arrest and jail people for excercising basic human decency.

loopholes are not what the voters of GA need.

[judesedit]

28. i like it.

[NewJeffCT]

20. I like this idea as well

Link to tweet

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text of the tweet:

Good morning!

Thinking about the proposed voter restrictions in GA, and I guess we’ll have to sell food and water in the line. The cost is one penny.

Don’t have a penny? What a coincidence! I’m also trading pennies for smiles. That does not count as a gift.

[judesedit]

27. Charging 1c is a great idea and I like your 'penny for a smile'

[NewJeffCT]

31. Carol & her husband

are both lawyers and all around smart people, so I'm guessing her idea has at least some legal merit to it.

[Buns_of_Fire]

24. Should make for some interesting "what are you in for?" exchanges. nt

[mnhtnbb]

26. The cost would only be a drop in the bucket of their advertising budget.