A federal judge denied an effort to expand the number of polling places in Kentucky.
There will be fewer than 200 polling places, down from 3,700 in a typical election year.
Most of the state's 120 counties will have just one polling location.
That includes the most populous county, Jefferson, home to Louisville. About 1 in 5 residents in the county is African American, the largest black population in the state. Jefferson County has a population of roughly 767,000 and will have just one polling location. It is 54 miles long with poor public transit so how will people get to vote?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/20/voting-rights-advocates-warn-impending-disaster-kentucky-after-bid-increase-slashed
There will be fewer than 200 polling places, down from 3,700 in a typical election year.
Most of the state's 120 counties will have just one polling location.
That includes the most populous county, Jefferson, home to Louisville. About 1 in 5 residents in the county is African American, the largest black population in the state. Jefferson County has a population of roughly 767,000 and will have just one polling location. It is 54 miles long with poor public transit so how will people get to vote?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/20/voting-rights-advocates-warn-impending-disaster-kentucky-after-bid-increase-slashed
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