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DAILYKENN.com -- Democrats need all the help they can get in their political grip on Chicago. Criminals are seldom responsible citizens. Beside evading laws, they also avoid voting booths.
That's a shame, considering jailbirds and dead people overwhelmingly seem to support Democratic Party candidates.
The far left has resolved the problem. Utilizing a new law we call "No Inmate Left Behind," authorities in Chicago have placed voting booths in Cook County Jail.
While convicted criminals cannot vote, detainees awaiting trial behind bars can still cast ballots. And the ballots are just footsteps away from their cells.
From pbs.org ▼
A state law enacted last summer requires that Illinois’ 20,000 pretrial detainees be given the opportunity to vote.
That means absentee ballots must be distributed in every jail in the state.
But the law also requires that any county with more than 3 million residents set up voting machines in the jail. Cook was the only county to qualify.
This is all more than fine with Sheriff Tom Dart, whose office runs the jail that holds about 5,500 inmates, 95% of whom are awaiting trial.
Dart has gained a reputation for innovation after introducing an inmate-operated pizza kitchen, an inmate-run garden that sells produce to local businesses, and a program in which inmates help demolish vacant homes.
For him, voting is part of a larger effort to create productive citizens.
“The question is, do you want them coming out more damaged and able to do more damage to society, or do you want them to be a benefit to the community?” Dart asked. “What better way to tell people that they matter, that they are relevant and can have a positive impact on their community than saying your voice, your vote, matters?”
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