Kentucky cuts 95% of polling stations

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Local article on this issue....

Jefferson, Fayette counties will not have to add additional polling locations, judge rules
Ben Tobin
Louisville Courier Journal

Link: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/06/18/kentucky-elections-judge-rules-against-forcing-more-polling-locations/3211751001/

Excerpts:

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Kentucky's most populous counties will not have to offer more than one polling location on Tuesday's primary elections, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.

In a lawsuit filed June 8 in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky, state Rep. Jason Nemes, a Louisville Republican, and voters from Jefferson, Fayette, Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties alleged that "significant voter suppression" would occur as a result of each county having a singular polling location.

The plaintiffs alleged that the singular polling locations violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution as well as part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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On Thursday, Simpson denied the request, saying that the use of singular polling locations in this instance is not unconstitutional. "While it may seem intuitive that, when it comes to polling places, more is better, that is not a call for this Court to make, unless we first find a constitutional or statutory violation," Simpson wrote.

So, anyone in Louisville/Jefferson County Metro that wants to vote in person Tuesday will have to drive to the Fairgrounds, park in a massive parking lot and walk into the polling location to vote. If that is not voter suppression, I don't know what is.

KY...........