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June 22, 2020

Kentucky Slashes 95% of Polling Places Ahead of Primary Election
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In Kentucky, voting rights advocates are sounding the alarm ahead of
Tuesday's primary, after the state reduced the number of polling places
from 3,700 to fewer than 200 - a 95% reduction. The most closely watched
race is the Democratic primary to pick a candidate to challenge Senate
Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell in November. Progressive candidate
Kentucky state Representative Charles Booker has recently seen a major
boost in polling and received high-profile endorsements from Senators
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Congressmember
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Booker, who is Black, has been attending Black
Lives Matter protests and was tear-gassed by police at a recent event.
He is running against former Marine fighter pilot Amy Mc Grath.


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