Thread by @joesonka, Just In: While national voices claim 'voter suppression,' Kentucky & Louisville on [...]

"If the governor and I are both suppressors, we're doing a terrible job because we've got the highest turnout we've ever seen," Adams said.

The director of Kentucky's Board of Elections says their phone has been ringing off the hook today from people out of state asking about "voter suppression," limiting Kentucky voters' ability to get through with Qs on new election setup: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/22/kentucky-officials-refute-primary-voter-suppression-claims/3235183001/ #kysen

Louisville NAACP President Raoul Cunningham, a longtime civil rights activist in Kentucky, disagreed with the decision to reduce polling places, but said it's not an effort to suppress votes and he doesn't think it will: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/22/kentucky-officials-refute-primary-voter-suppression-claims/3235183001/ #kysen

"If the governor and I are both suppressors, we're doing a terrible job because we've got the highest turnout we've ever seen," Adams said.

Kentucky has a prolific history of voter suppression, from disenfranchising felons to 12 hours of voting on one weekday to not allowing no-excuse early voting.

On the eve of a primary expanding voting access to its greatest level ever... this: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/22/kentucky-officials-refute-primary-voter-suppression-claims/3235183001/ #kysen

"If the governor and I are both suppressors, we're doing a terrible job because we've got the highest turnout we've ever seen," Adams said.

This is more helpful to in-person voters in Louisville than calling Jared Dearing: https://twitter.com/AliciaHurle/status/1275060402393616384

https://twitter.com/AliciaHurle/status/1275060402393616384

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