Attorney: Not possible to open Dodge City polling site

photo by: Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, file photo, a group of voters fill out their ballots at a table rather than wait for an empty voting booth at the Civic Center in Dodge City, Kan. (Michael Schweitzer/Dodge City Daily Globe via AP, File)

Wichita — An attorney for the elections official who sent newly registered voters a notice with the wrong location for its lone polling site in Dodge City has told a federal judge that it is “not humanly possible” at this late date to open a second polling site before the November election.

But the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas countered during a conference call Monday that it filed its litigation after sending Ford County Clerk Deborah Cox three letters. She forwarded one to the Kansas secretary of state’s office, with the notation “LOL.” The ACLU says, if there is a problem, it is of her creation.

The ACLU is seeking an order for another voting site.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree gave the parties until Tuesday to file written arguments.

Related story:

• ACLU sues Dodge City over voting access for Hispanics, Oct. 26, 2018

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