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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/10/why-long-lines-to-vote-early-onondaga-county-gop-pushed-for-fewer-sites-to-save-money.html[/URL]

"The Syracuse area has six sites because Republican officials in Onondaga County declined to open more last year out of concern for the cost. Democrats sought at least two additional sites. Republicans held the line.

Because a consensus was required to do more, the GOP position was decisive. Adding extra sites would have required agreement between Onondaga County’s two election commissioners, one Republican and one Democrat. That did not happen.

...several Upstate counties opted to create more early voting sites than Onondaga. Compared with four major urban areas outside New York City, the Syracuse area has the fewest locations per voter.

Partisan tension over early voting in Onondaga County has existed for years. It mirrors similar divisions at the state and national level. Typically, Democrats push for measures to expand voting. Typically, Republicans push back."
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