Flood of mail-in votes tests elections in Kentucky, New York

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Overwhelmed Kentucky and New York officials faced a deluge of mail-in votes likely to delay results for days after high-profile primaries Tuesday, contests testing whether establishment Democratic congressional candidates can withstand challengers fueled by voter fury over racism.

There was particular concern about how voting might play out in Louisville, Kentucky. The state’s largest city and hometown of a serious challenger for the Democratic nomination for the Senate, Louisville — population nearly 600,000 — had just one in-person polling place.

But voting was moving smoothly early Tuesday, with large crowds flowing through the Kentucky Exposition Center so quickly that there was no need for people to stand and wait at the many social-distancing markers on the floor.

Each of the city’s local districts was replicated inside the vast convention center, and plenty of poll workers were available to direct voters to their designated areas to cast their ballots. And while masks weren’t required, the overwhelming majority of voters appeared to wear them. Outside, buses shuttled people from huge parking lots to the center’s doors.

“They should have more (elections) like this. You can get in and get out quick," said 70-year-old Mary Moorman, an African American woman who said she did not have to wait in lines like she normally would, though she noticed that there were few passengers on the bus she took from her West End neighborhood to the Exposition Center.

But some voters said the centralized in-person polling place made voting more complicated. Michael Baker, an African American man who is also from the West End, was dissatisfied with the location because it was far away from where he lived.

“In my neighborhood, most people don’t have cars,” he said. “It’s not fair for...