A three-judge panel at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals questioned Wednesday whether providing food and water to voters waiting in line is a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment or an intrusion on the protected space near polling places.

The ban is best-known part of the state’s 2021 voting law , a far-reaching change to elections access and rules passed in the wake of President Donald Trump’s narrow loss.

It was even fodder for a Georgia-based story arc in the satirical TV show “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

The groups behind a lawsuit opposing the ban, including the NAACP and several voting rights groups, asked the appeals court to uphold a lower-court ruling blocking the ban, which prohibits giving refreshments within 25 feet of any voter standing in a line stretching

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