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Colorado Becomes First State to Require Polling Stations in Jails
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2024
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2024, page 21
On May 31, 2024, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed S.B. 72 into law, making his the first state in the U.S. to require jails to operate in-person polling stations for eligible detainees to cast a vote.
Some 6,000 people are held in the state’s jails on any given day, ...
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