Collected Item: “Polling Places Are Closing Due To COVID-19.”
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Polling Places Are Closing Due To COVID-19.
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news article
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The surge of COVID-19 cases across the United States has impacted voting across the country. Not only are some people afraid to vote in person but people are afraid of working at polls, resulting in a shortage of polls workers. Because of poll closures, people are being forced to find new polls. Low-income are being impacted by these closures due to the time it takes to find new polls and the cost of reaching them. Minorities are also impacted because they already faced longer than average wait times before COVID-19 when all polls were open.
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Presidential Election 2020, polls, voting, Iowa, inequality, HSE
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https://www.npr.org/2020/10/29/928315049/polling-places-are-closing-due-to-covid-19-it-could-tip-races-in-1-swing-state
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Kate Payne, Pratheek Rebala, Carrie Levine, Ruth Talbot
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2020-10-29