Get-out-the-vote buses, carpools idle in Dodge City as polling-station fears are unfounded

DODGE CITY, Kan._In recent weeks, Dodge City became a cause celebre among left-leaning activists after county officials moved the city's longtime polling station to a new location outside city limits - more than a mile past the last bus stop.

Nationally, the belief quickly spread that election officials were trying to suppress the city's predominantly Latino population, many of whom work at meatpacking plants. Celebrities including Melissa Etheridge and Debra Messing leaped into action to help organize Lyft rides and buses for any voters who needed transportation. Organizers from across Kansas - and as far away from