Reasons to be Cheerful: Why voter turnout in Colorado jails is soaring
Tonic for tumultuous times.
Many people in jails are being detained until their trials, meaning that they are considered legally innocent and maintain their voting rights. Problem is, most U.S. jails make it tough to exercise those rights. But not Colorado. Now, every jail in the Centennial State has its own polling station –– and voter turnout is surging.
A new law — the first of its kind in the U.S. — has made it much easier for detained Coloradans to cast a ballot.
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