00:00Curb Your Enthusiasm has captured the attention of George's Secretary of State.
00:05The season premiere of the final season of the HBO comedy
00:08featured Larry David being arrested for violating George's election integrity law,
00:12for giving his friend Leon Black's aunt a bottle of water
00:15while she waited in line to vote on a hot day in Atlanta.
00:18Sir!
00:21In the Navy blazer, put your hands in the air.
00:24Me?
00:25Yeah, you.
00:26He's now facing a looming trial on the series.
00:29The storyline must have made its way to the state capitol
00:31because last month, Georgia's Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger,
00:35sent a letter to David addressing the plotline about the 2021 voting law.
00:39The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first obtained the letter in a public records request.
00:43Raffensperger wrote in the tongue-in-cheek letter,
00:46As the chief elections officer for the state of Georgia,
00:48we'd like to congratulate you on becoming the first and, to our knowledge,
00:52only person arrested for distributing water bottles to voters within 150 feet of a polling station.
00:57We apologize if you didn't receive celebrity treatment at the local jail.
01:01I'm afraid they've gotten used to bigger stars.
01:03It's the TMZ of mugshots.
01:04The last line seemed to reference Trump's mugshot in Atlanta,
01:08which inspired the look of David's in the series.
01:10Raffensperger went on to write,
01:11Given the obvious concern you have about access to voting in Georgia,
01:15you'll be glad to hear that waiting times for all voters, including Leon's aunt,
01:19in the last two major elections were under two minutes, even as we experienced record turnout.
01:23He concluded the letter by saying,
01:25While my powers as Secretary of State to perform miracles are often overstated,
01:29I'm afraid I lack the authority to grant a pardon, even if you call me to ask for one.
01:33The arrest storyline has been hanging over the entirety of the final season of Curb Your Enthusiasm,
01:38which wraps with its series finale this Sunday.
01:40For more on this story, head to THR.com.
01:43This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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