CHICAGO (AP) — 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.

The Cook County Jail, with more than 5,500 inmates and detainees, is one of the largest such facilities in the nation. It is one of several lockups where voting rights advocates have worked with ...

The Cook County Jail, with more than 5,500 inmates and detainees, is one of the largest such facilities in the nation. It is one of several lockups where voting rights advocates have worked with ...

Push to expand voting rights in US for those held in jails Inmates at the Cook County, Ill., jail vote in a local election at the jail's Division 11 Chapel on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, in Chicago.

Voting rights effort targets those held in jails across US. March 25, 2023 at 10:12 p.m. by GARY FIELDS and MICHAEL TARM / Associated Press ...

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.

Voting rights for pretrial detainees and inmates serving sentences for misdemeanors were upheld in a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 1974, in a case from New York, O’Brien v. Skinner.

Criminal justice and election officials, along with voting rights advocates, are working across the United States to expand voting among jail detainees. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

Criminal justice and voting rights advocates are working across the U.S. to expand voting among jail detainees. Hundreds of detainees in the Cook County Jail have been casting ballots for Chicago ...