Kentucky braces for possible voting problems in Tuesday's primary amid signs of high turnout
I really think mandatory mail voting will have to be put in place. but probably will not see it come to pass.
Kentucky braces for possible voting problems in Tuesdays primary amid signs of high turnout
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kentucky-braces-for-possible-voting-problems-in-tuesdays-primary-amid-signs-of-high-turnout/2020/06/19/b7b960ce-b199-11ea-8f56-63f38c990077_story.html
Jefferson County election officials prepared the Kentucky Exposition Center to serve as the countys only in-person voting location for Tuesdays primary in Louisville, Kentucky. (Jason Dobbins /Jefferson County Clerk's Office)
June 19, 2020 at 3:38 p.m. CDT
Fewer than 200 polling places will be open for voters in Kentuckys primary Tuesday, down from 3,700 in a typical election year. 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.
The scenario has voting rights advocates and some local elections officials worried that the state is careening toward a messy day marked by long lines and frustrated voters similar to the scenes that have played out repeatedly this spring as the novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the 2020 primaries.
Because of a shortage of workers willing to staff voting sites during the health crisis, each of the commonwealths 120 counties is opening a very limited number of polling locations. The two largest counties will have just one in-person location each...................
Its outrageous that officials are seeking to hold in-person elections in a single location, said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Its 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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