A New Voting Crisis: Kentucky Closes 95% of Polling Places, Leaving Louisville with Just One
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#54XZ3)
As primary voters head to the polls in New York, Kentucky and Virginia, they face long lines, even as President Trump continues to attack mail-in voting, falsely claiming it leads to fraud. Kentucky has reduced the number of polling places from 3,700 to just 170 - a 95% reduction. There's the potential for record turnout," notes Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, despite such suppression tactics.