Detroit NAACP Seeks Voters in Jail With Registration Drive
Michigan will elect a governor and U.S. senator, as well as U.S. representatives and a state legislature.
Buildings stand in the skyline of Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Friday, July 19, 2013.
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A captive audience awaits next month’s election in Detroit, where 360 county jail inmates are newly registered to vote behind bars.
For the first time, the city’s NAACP branch is arranging for officials to deliver absentee ballots to those whose legal entanglements would normally preclude civic engagement.