FILE PHOTO: Election workers stand outside of Buddy’s Houston, the world's first presidential polling location at an LGBTQ+ bar, on Election Day in Houston, Texas, U.S., November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Houston LGBTQ bar Buddy's offered Texans a unique election experience on Tuesday: casting ballots for the U.S. presidential election in 14 voting booths on its dance floor.
Buddy's is the first bar to serve as a voting venue in Harris County - the largest in Texas by population - after owner Christopher Barry proposed it to officials seeking to make voting easier during the coronavirus pandemic.
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