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Just In: While national voices claim 'voter suppression,' Kentucky & Louisville on pace for record voter turnout https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/22/kentucky-officials-refute-primary-voter-suppression-claims/3235183001/ via @courierjournal
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
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
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
This is more helpful to in-person voters in Louisville than calling Jared Dearing: https://twitter.com/AliciaHurle/status/1275060402393616384
