Article 41G0K Latino Voter Suppression in Kansas: Dodge City's Only Polling Site Is Moved Outside City Limits

Latino Voter Suppression in Kansas: Dodge City's Only Polling Site Is Moved Outside City Limits

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In Kansas, local officials are under fire for moving a majority-Latino city's single polling site outside of city limits, more than a mile from the nearest bus stop. Dodge City, Kansas, is 60 percent Hispanic, but the Associated Press reports that Hispanic turnout was just 17 percent in Ford County, where Dodge City is located, compared to 61 percent turnout for white voters in 2014. The ACLU reports that the city's lone polling site services more than 13,000 voters, compared to an average of 1,200 voters per polling site at other locations. We are joined by Johnny Dunlap, chair of the Ford County Democratic Party.

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