Dodge City activists opened eyes to racial bias

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Opinion

September 24, 2019 - 10:22 AM

We’re in the midst of National Hispanic Heritage month, and activists will be receiving an important honor on the first Saturday of October. At the Kansas ACLU’s annual Free State Forum, the honorees will include “League of United Latin American Citizens and high school senior Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, who successfully advocated for equitable access to the ballot in Dodge City.”

It can be easy to forget what happened nearly a year ago in Dodge City. The city’s sole polling site was moved to an expo center outside of town. Activists raised alarms over access, and for a short time…

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