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The voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except that these voters in the first round of the mayoral election were all wearing the same beige smocks. And the security at this polling place wasn t intended to keep disrupters and campaigners out, but the voters in.
Criminal justice and election officials, along with voting rights advocates, are working across the United States to expand voting among jail detainees