In predominantly white Ford County, Kansas, the 28,000 voters in Dodge City lost their sole polling location in the city’s civic arena. The decision by the white county elections official had a direct effect on the majority Latino town. Voters in the community received notice that they would have to find their way to the outskirts of town to a new polling location, despite the lack of public transportation. Any voter who used the bus would have to walk a full mile to reach the location. For a community comprised largely of workers at local meatpacking plants, the issue of transportation had
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