When your church is a polling place

For I Needed a Place to Vote, And You Invited Me In When your church is a polling place, Election Day is an opportunity to show hospitality. Jake Corn

For several years, I had been on the fence about my church operating as a polling place in our community. I was sick and tired of having my ministry work interrupted. Then, this last primary, we had an incident that turned me off to the idea completely. Our church runs a preschool which results in a long line of cars for child pickups. When voting day rolled around, my preschool line clashed with the voting traffic. Worse, the two major political parties had set up tables at the entrance to our parking ...

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