voting rights activities marshalling resources to overcome voting suppression in Dodge City KS
New voters in Dodge City, Kan., given wrong polling location
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/25/new-voters-in-dodge-city-kan-given-wrong-polling-location/
The southwest Kansas city, located 160 miles west of Wichita, has only one polling site for its 27,000 residents. For nearly two decades, that site was at the civic center in the mostly white part of town.
But citing road construction, officials recently moved it for the November election to the Expo Center outside of town and more than a mile from the nearest bus stop.
“I didn’t know this could get worse, and it did: ‘Hey, let’s move the site and not tell new registrants where they are supposed to go,'” said Johnny Dunlap, chairman of the Ford County Democratic Party.
Local election officials are now scrambling to notify newly registered voters who might be confused by its official registration notice that listed only their regular polling site — not the temporary site for the November election. At the same time, voting rights activists are marshalling their resources to get Dodge City voters to the new polling place — an effort boosted by an outpouring of money and volunteers after widespread national coverage.
Kansas Director of Elections Bryan Caskey admitted that the notices were “confusing,” and said he told Ford County Clerk Debbie Cox that she needed to “inform the voters.” He added that the county is sending another notice to affected registrant
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Drive people to the polls and then go back and get others!
Don't let these filthy, Republican rat-fuckers get away with this!
