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Protecting Your Vote: 1 in 5 Election Day polling places have closed over last decade

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More than one in five polling places have closed over the last decade , ABC News and ABC Owned Stations analysis shows.

Between 2012 and 2022 , the U.S. lost 27,000 polling places, with the number of Election Day polling sites falling from an estimated 116,000 in 2012 to fewer than 89,000 .

The analysis found that polling place closures accelerated in 2013 after the Supreme Court rolled back key provisions of the Voting Rights Act .

In Ohio , the counties with the largest declines have been among the poorest in the state -- both rural and urban.

In Lincoln County , Georgia , a fight over polling places has been brewing ahead of the upcoming election.

The county's elections director says she decided to consolidate the county's seven polling locations two years ago .

"It was just no need for those many polling places," she says.

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