Voting rights groups and law firms on Monday filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion to lift part of the restriction in Georgia’s controversial election reform law, Senate Bill 202, which bans individuals from giving food and water to voters waiting in long lines at the polls.

The motion was filed as part of pending litigation in AME Church v. Kemp, one of nine lawsuits filed against the new law soon after it was approved in 2021 that now seek to declare portions unconstitutional. AME Church challenges SB 202 for “unconstitutionally creating barriers to voting that diminish the voices of communities of color, women and people with disabilities,” according to a news release.

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