Pandemic Voting

Two residents of the District of Columbia’s Ward 8, which is 92.1% African American, sued the Board of elections in federal court for closing 14 of the ward’s 17 polling places; they say many residents of Ward 8 receive mail only sporadically, and so will be disenfranchised.

WASHINGTON — Two residents of the District of Columbia’s Ward 8, which is 92.1% black, brought a federal complaint over the closing 14 of the ward’s 17 polling places; they say many residents of Ward 8 receive mail only sporadically, and so will be disenfranchised.

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