The Brooklyn Chapter of the NAACP, filed a Lawsuit in Federal Court, against both the New York State, and New York City, Boards of Elections, alleging the Agencies were Violating the U.S. Constitution, when they Prohibited Groups from offering Support and Refreshments, to Voters Waiting in Lines at Poll Sites.
Lawyers for the Civil-Rights Organization pointed to a Passage of State Election Law, dating back more than a Century, that Criminalizes the Act of providing Food or Water to People, Waiting-in-Line, to Vote and is known as, the “Line-Warming Ban.”
“The Line Warming Ban needlessly criminalizes the provision of such support,” the Complaint states, arguing that it Blocks Entities like the Brooklyn NAACP, “from engaging in the protected expressive conduct of celebrating our democracy and the determination of voters willing to wait in long lines to exercise their right to vote.”
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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