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No, this is not The Onion.  http://abc7chicago.com/society...county-jail/3199317/ First jail-wide, in-person voting held at Cook County Jail CHICAGO (WLS) -- Volunteers organized the first jail-wide, in-person voting process at Cook County Jail Saturday. Organizers said 94 percent of inmates at the jail are eligible to vote. The program is part of an effort to give more people in the criminal justice system the ability to vote. Reverend Jesse Jackson participated in early voting in the hopes of leading by example. Early voting began last week for Cook County. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | ||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Some probably voted for a cell mate. I understand the Illinois Ex-Governors Association meets at the penitentiary. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
Well, there is a reason they call it Crook County Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Dead people, however, are only issued one ballot. | |||
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With the exception of Blago, most ex governors were inmates at Oxford FCI. It was not unusual to see limos heading there on visiting weekends. It was also possible to see the former Governors planting flowers along the roads. | |||
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Not too many votes for the "Law and Order Party" obviously. Their votes shouldn't be counted until each inmate can prove he has fully paid restitution to all his victims. ... stirred anti-clockwise. | |||
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Of all the things volunteers could be doing in Cook County/Chicago area, this is what they come up with? Sheesh. | |||
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A felony conviction should strip one of one's voting rights, but not every inmate is in there on a felony. | |||
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| Info Guru |
Yes, they can request an absentee ballot just like anyone else who can't make it to the polls. It's inconvenient for me to leave work to go vote, but I don't see them setting up a voting booth at my place of work. Also, if my work sends me out of town on election day I have to have the foresight to request a ballot. If they don't like having to take responsibility for their right to vote maybe they shouldn't commit a crime before the next election. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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King of Goodness |
They've had polling places set up in Chicago cemeteries for years...this doesn't surprise me... | |||
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With Wisconsin's voter-ID now they probably can't just send them up here anymore.  | |||
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| St. Vitus Dance Instructor  |
They should of kept Jesse Jackson in jail and not let him out. | |||
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Political Cynic |
what are they voting for? the Thursday menu selection? [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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