Move Polling Places From Churches

Jan. 16, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: I am writing to express my extreme dismay that I found out last Tuesday on Election Day that my local polling location had changed from the county fire station to a local church. As I pulled into the parking lot to cast my ballot for Jade Harris, a candidate I was excited to vote for, I began to feel quite uncomfortable. Our country was founded on the principles of the separation of church and state, so it felt very wrong to now be asked to cast my ballot in a building that was built for faith and religion.