Kansas City mayor is turned away from polls, told he 'wasn't in the system'

[mfcorey1]

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Moments after making a plea for people to get out and vote in the Missouri primary Tuesday, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas was turned away from the polls and told he “wasn’t in the system,” the mayor said on Twitter.


“I made a video this morning about the importance of voting and then got turned away because I wasn’t in the system even though I’ve voted there for 11 years, including for myself four times!” Lucas said.


Lucas tried to cast his vote before 7 a.m. at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church at 22nd and Olive streets, where he said he has voted since 2009.

Missouri Democrats were headed to the polls Tuesday to choose a nominee for president. More than twenty names were listed on the ballots, but the chief contenders were expected to be former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

When Lucas tried to vote, a poll worker searched his name using a utility bill he brought but came up empty as if Lucas wasn’t registered.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/kansas-city-mayor-is-turned-away-from-polls-told-he-wasnt-in-the-system/ar-BB110dNL?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[MichMan]

1. Incompetent election worker

Entered his name backwards, so of course he couldn't be found

[MagickMuffin]

2. I had that happen to me years ago

I insisted that they continue to look for my name. They kept insisting that I was not on the rolls, I kept insisting that I was and lo and behold they finally found me.

I wasn't even offered a provisional ballot.

[Sneederbunk]

3. I love vote-by-mail. Haven't been to a polling place in years.