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Eternal Vigilance Action Releases Policy Memo Urging Georgia to Protect Families if Federal SNAP Funding Halts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2025
ATLANTA, GA — Eternal Vigilance Action (EVA) today released a policy memorandum outlining a responsible, legally sound plan for Georgia to maintain food assistance for vulnerable families if the ongoing federal government shutdown disrupts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
The memo proposes creating a temporary, State Emergency Nutrition Assistance Program (SENAP), funded by Georgia’s Revenue Shortfall Reserve (RSR)—commonly known as the rainy day fund. The plan would authorize the Governor to release funds above the RSR’s statutory minimum to provide a short-term bridge for Georgia’s 1.4 million SNAP recipients until federal appropriations resume.
“Georgia has the financial capacity and administrative infrastructure to step in when Washington can’t get its act together,” said Scot Turner, Executive Director of Eternal Vigilance Action. “Washington’s disfunction shouldn’t mean hundreds of thousands of Georgia families go hungry or hundreds of millions of dollars vanish from our local economy overnight. This proposal gives the state a clear path to act swiftly and responsibly.”
The EVA memo details a legally defensible approach that leverages existing DFCS eligibility and EBT systems, allowing the state to load emergency, state-funded benefits directly onto existing EBT cards, ensuring seamless continuity for households. The plan includes automatic termination once federal funds resume and a mechanism to repay the RSR upon federal reimbursement.
If implemented, the plan models similar state backed efforts in Virginia and Louisiana, both of which have announced plans to continue benefits using state funds during the shutdown.
Turner noted that communication will be key to success:
“Georgia can lead by example because we have been governing responsibly while Washington fails. The message is simple: we’re protecting families, safeguarding the economy, and doing it without adding new debt or permanent obligations.”
EVA warns that if SNAP payments stop on November 1, Georgia could see an immediate $300 million reduction in monthly economic activity, particularly in rural areas where grocery stores rely heavily on SNAP transactions.
The full policy memo, Using the Revenue Shortfall Reserve to Bridge SNAP Funding During the Federal Shutdown, is available at eternalvigilance.us.
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EVA Inc. v. Georgia
Dear Friends,
Since leaving the Georgia House of Representatives at the end of 2020, I have devoted my work to shoring up and defending our institutions from attacks that would contribute to the erosion of public confidence which threatens the fabric of our country. And while I remain a constitutional conservative ideologically, I have found no shortage of those attacks from both major parties.
It is in this spirit that Eternal Vigilance Action Inc’s (EVA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to engage in litigation, which we filed today, against the Georgia State Election Board. The suit would seek to rein in unelected appointees on the State Election Board from overruling the people’s elected representatives in the Georgia General Assembly.
Georgia’s laws, written and approved by elected legislators and signed by a governor, spell out how to conduct our elections across 500 pages, and our state constitution does not allow rules promulgated by unelected appointees on the State Election Board to supersede our laws. Like fellow conservatives across the country, we oppose empowering the administrative state to act with the force of law.
With this lawsuit, we look to re-establish the proper role of the State Election Board to promote consistency, accuracy and proper access across 159 different county election boards, but on a broader scale, we’re looking to affirm the separation of powers required by the state constitution. The legislative branch writes the rules; the executive carries them out as written.
The suit states “the SEB has promulgated rules that contravene the Election Code and violate the state constitution’s separation-of-powers and nondelegation mandates.” It demands that the court declare the board’s rules unconstitutional and prevent their implementation.
On the federal level, conservatives have successfully fought to rein in unelected bureaucrats with the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Chevron Deference, and this case applies that principle on the state level. Republicans should support this conservative approach not only because it upholds our values, but also because we don’t want rules that allow Democratic election officials in our state’s largest population centers to delay certification for all of Georgia when Republicans win.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of EVA, I want to assure you that we undertake this task clear eyed and motivated by a sense of duty to Georgia, her people, and the foundational promises that make up the DNA of every American.
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