'It's outrageous': Kentucky voters face confusion as state scrambles to prepare for coronavirus

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/its-outrageous-kentucky-voters-face-confusion-as-state-scrambles-to-prepare-for-coronavirus/

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On Friday, The Washington Post detailed the potential problems awaiting Kentucky voters in the wake of changes to accommodate the coronavirus pandemic.

“Less than 200 polling places will be open for voters in Kentucky’s primary Tuesday, down from 3,700 in a typical election year,” reported Michelle Ye Hee Lee. “Amid a huge influx in requests for mail-in ballots, some voters still had not received theirs days before they must be turned in. And turnout is expected to be higher than in past primaries because of a suddenly competitive fight for the Democratic Senate nomination.”

After a federal judge rejected an effort to expand polling places, said the report, “Jefferson County — the state’s largest, home to 767,000 residents and the city of Louisville — will have as its sole polling location a convention and expo center where voting booths have been set up about eight feet apart in a cavernous hall. About one in five residents in the county is African American, the largest black population in the state.”

“It’s outrageous that officials are seeking to hold in-person elections in a single location,” said Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law president Kristen Clarke to The Post. “It’s as if Kentucky failed to follow the crisis that unfolded in Wisconsin and Georgia, where officials were woefully unprepared for the turnout on Election Day.”

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1. More voter suppression.

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2. pure evil

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3. They really don't want people to vote...

and they're not even trying to hide it.

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4. Bingo. More republican bullshit.

We need to vote out every single republican in the country, and make sure none of them is elected for another 150 years.

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5. This is an overreaction

There are 120 counties in Kentucky. Most counties are very small. My county has had a single voting place for the whole county for 25 years. It's not a BIG deal. The state has been very proactive in getting people to get a mail in a ballot. They even sent a postcard to EVERY voter telling them to go online or call your local county clerk to request a ballot. Also, the ballots are free to mail. Also, each county allows for in-person absentee voting so if you don't want to use the mail, you can go vote now. If there are lines of people, then it's their fault. This article is an overreaction. Gov. Beshear is NOT suppressing votes in Kentucky.
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