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Shocker- Iowa polls close to covid
Posted on 10/29/20 at 6:56 am
Posted on 10/29/20 at 6:56 am
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But Iowa voters won't be able to cast their ballot at any of those polling places this Election Day, due to hundreds of closures and consolidations that have rippled across the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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"That's just the reality. Insufficient poll workers means less polling places," said Joel Miller, the top election official in Linn County, the state's second largest.
Miller has closed or consolidated 37% of his polling places this year.
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Posted on 10/29/20 at 6:57 am to Priapus
Bad headline is bad.
Some polling locations to close.
Some polling locations to close.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 6:57 am to Priapus
First real voter suppression since 1964...
Posted on 10/29/20 at 6:58 am to Priapus
I wonder which precincts they are in?
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:00 am to CoachChappy
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Since the 2016 general election, Iowa has lost 261 polling places, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity, Stateline and NPR. The polling place changes vary across the state; while some counties are able to keep all of their sites open, others must close or consolidate half.
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Overall, this affects some 670,000 Iowans, 30% of the state's registered voters. Those affected by the changes overwhelmingly live in the state's urban areas, which reliably vote Democratic. And the closures are happening at a time of multiple competitive races in the state, including the presidential contest.
Picture of Linn County. Red closed or relocated, yellow are new, gray are unchanged.
This post was edited on 10/29/20 at 7:32 am
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:05 am to Bunta
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Overall, this affects some 670,000 Iowans, 30% of the state's registered voters. Those affected by the changes overwhelmingly live in the state's urban areas, which reliably vote Democratic. And the closures are happening at a time of multiple competitive races in the state, including the presidential contest.
I don't care the leaning of anywhere this happens. It's ridiculous and unacceptable.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:06 am to LNCHBOX
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It's ridiculous and unacceptable.
This
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:07 am to LNCHBOX
Newsflash...
Viruses are more easily spread in concentrated population centers.
Viruses are more easily spread in concentrated population centers.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:08 am to LNCHBOX
Agreed, it’s ridiculous they’d do this shite.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:09 am to udtiger
quote:that won't disappoint the liberals
Viruses are more easily spread in concentrated population centers.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:10 am to Priapus
Meh, mine is closed I will vote about 8 blocks away in a larger school, big deal.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:14 am to Priapus
Totally unacceptable. This is actual voter suppression and unconstitutional.
Open them up. This isn’t a partisan issue.
Open them up. This isn’t a partisan issue.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:16 am to Fun Bunch
quote:Why because I vote in a different building?
This is actual voter suppression and unconstitutional.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:18 am to Priapus
If you can go to Walmart, you can go
Vote in person.
They should be ashamed for closing precincts . This is malarkey
Vote in person.
They should be ashamed for closing precincts . This is malarkey
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:19 am to Priapus
And here we gooooo....
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:19 am to Bunta
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Overall, this affects some 670,000 Iowans, 30% of the state's registered voters.
You left off the first part.
261 polling places have closed in the state since the general election in 2016 affecting 30% of the voters. That 670,000 number is not all affected by covid closings.
At least be honest.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:20 am to Lawyered
They combined 3 precincts in my area into one larger school, oh the huge manatee of it all. Old ladies that work the precincts are scared and don't want to volunteer.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:20 am to Lawyered
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This is malarkey
systemic vote suppression.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:22 am to Lawyered
Consolidation? That’s when you know shite is rigged.....consolidation isn’t following science, it’s bring more people together......wtf?
Posted on 10/29/20 at 7:22 am to themunch
Should be familiar to Dems in Iowa given how badly the party fricked up the caucus.
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