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VOX

(22,976 posts)
1. Answer: Republicans run that show.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:35 PM
Jun 2020

Wait until November. If we don’t have vote-by-mail in place, there will be Louisvilles nationwide.

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
3. Isn't there some kind of rule against that?..That idea totally discourages voting..
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:37 PM
Jun 2020

One location for an area with over 500,000 people?...(or am I mistaken...can't be true, is it?)

VOX

(22,976 posts)
6. Agreed, but R's are into discouraging voting.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:44 PM
Jun 2020

Voter suppression in all forms helps them: few polling places, crazy ID laws, claiming vote-by-mail encourages fraud (it doesn’t), deleting names from registration without notifying individuals, gerrymandering... ANYTHING to make it difficult to vote. Historically, lower turnouts mean Republican victories.

SKKY

(11,772 posts)
4. Well, it's not as bad as it seems, but certainly not optimal
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:40 PM
Jun 2020

Kentucky has been early voting by mail and in person for a while now. Plus, if you need to vote in person, the Fairgrounds and Convention Hall is huge and well equipped to allow it. The buses are free for voting, and Lyft (Probably Uber as well) is giving free rides to vote. So, sure, not optimal, but not like Georgia either.

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
5. The Washington Post had a good explanation for it this morning . . .
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:42 PM
Jun 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/primaries-voting-kentucky-new-york/2020/06/22/a14ec922-b4ab-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html

Despite poll worker crunch, Kentucky voters poised to break turnout records as they embrace mail ballots

Voters in Kentucky were on track to cast ballots in record numbers for Tuesday’s primary despite the risk of coronavirus infection and shortages of poll workers, thanks in part to the widespread embrace of voting by mail.

Michael G. Adams, Kentucky’s Republican secretary of state, projected that total turnout would exceed 1 million, including roughly 800,000 mailed ballots. The final figure would shatter the previous record of 922,456 primary voters set in 2008.

Poll worker cancellations had forced election officials to staff fewer than 200 polling locations instead of the usual 3,700, but Adams said an avalanche of mail-in balloting and in-person early voting helped lessen demand on the polls Tuesday.

The numbers reflected an overwhelming shift to absentee voting by Kentucky voters, even as President Trump has railed against mail ballots and claimed without evidence they lead to massive fraud.


Interesting article with lots of in-depth analysis. I'm curious to see how it aligns with the final assessment of the day's canvassing in Kentucky.

kickitup

(355 posts)
8. Kentucky is on track to break voting records today despite some issues in Louisville and Lexington.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:52 PM
Jun 2020

There was bipartisan work between our wonderful governor and the Republican Sec of State to allow mail in voting and early voting at the polling places. So, yeah, having one polling place for Louisville sounds very bad, but that's not the entire story.

BTW, Booker is beating McGrath in some of the mountain counties in Southeastern Kentucky. I would never have guessed that would happen in a million years. Lexington and Louisville might put him over the top. Hold on to your seats!

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
10. I just "expressed interest" in my city for being a pollworker
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:39 PM
Jun 2020

I think they're going to need all the help they can get

Indykatie

(3,691 posts)
12. Louisville Has a Democratic Mayor as is The Governor of KY - Why Can't They Fix This?
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:04 PM
Jun 2020

I'm so angry about this KY situation. What's the point of getting Dems elected if they can't have an impact on extreme voter suppression gimmicks like we saw today in Louisville? Can't the governor call out Natl Guards to man polling stations or other State workers. Is this illegal?

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
13. Read up a little more.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:28 PM
Jun 2020

My mother and sister live in Kentucky. ItS not what you think.

The Democratic Governor and republican Secretary of State came up with a plan to have most voters vote by mail due to the virus. And they did.

The large counties are having one voting location but they are huge with lots of workers and free transportation to the locations. And most poll workers are older and are sitting this out for their safety so opening all the polling places was not possible anyway.

Kentucky is smashing their primary participation Record today by over 15%.

It hard to argue suppression when a state sets a voting record.

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