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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Thu Aug 10, 2017, 09:16 AM Aug 2017

Republicans limiting early voting in Marion County, letting it bloom in suburbs [View all]

Republicans limiting early voting in Marion County, letting it bloom in suburbs
Fatima Hussein Published 6:00 a.m. ET Aug. 10, 2017

State and local Republicans have expanded early voting in GOP-dominated areas and restricted it in Democratic areas, an IndyStar investigation has found, prompting a significant change in Central Indiana voting patterns.

From 2008 to 2016, GOP officials expanded early voting stations in Republican dominated Hamilton County, IndyStar's analysis found, and decreased them in the state's biggest Democratic hotbed, Marion County.

That made voting more convenient in GOP areas for people with transportation issues or busy schedules. And the results were immediate.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/08/10/silencing-vote-data-shows-unequal-barrier-indiana-polls/435450001/

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Republicans limiting early voting in Marion County, letting it bloom in suburbs [View all] workinclasszero Aug 2017 OP

The GOP can only win by suppressing the vote Gothmog Aug 2017 #1