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Voting During Church Services in Iowa Raises Separation Concerns







Two Ames churches that will host satellite voting during services this month are part of a trend blurring the line of church-and-state separation, the Iowa ACLU said Wednesday.



“Combining polling places with religious services is an invitation to the abuse of both religion and the civic act of voting,” said Ben Stone, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa.



However, representatives of the churches say they will carefully follow the prohibition against instructing members how to vote.


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