COLORADO, USA — Colorado recently became the first state in the nation to pass a law requiring county jails and detention centers to create makeshift polling locations for those being held but have not yet been convicted to vote in person during general elections.
Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 72 on May 31. The new law, which went into effect with his signature and will apply to the 2024 general election, says county jails and detention centers must offer at least one in-person voting day of at least six hours for eligible confined voters. The voting day will occur up to four days before Election Day, ensuring county clerk staff are available for Election Day duties.
The law states that county sheriffs must work with the county clerk and recorder's office on in-person voting and set up a mail ballot collection and "ballot curing system" inside the jail. Confined voters must receive voting information and can also register to vote.
The bill divided county clerks, some of whom called it an unfunded mandate, and it was opposed by sheriffs who cited the bill's civil penalties of $5,000 per violation for jails that did not comply.
> Read the full story at Colorado Politics.
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