Voting registration drive makes inroads in unexpected territory: county jails
by Michael Livingston, Los Angeles Times
Feb 27, 2018
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Several men in green "L.A. County Jail" jumpsuits stood behind bars and listened to Esther Lim speak about this year's elections.
"How many here didn't know they could vote?" Lim asked them. Some men came out of their cells or turned around as Lim explained their voting rights.
Later, in the day room of the Men's Central Jail downtown, a line of inmates eager to register had formed.
In one of the largest efforts aimed at registering eligible incarcerated individuals in Southern California, dozens of volunteers this month are going inside jails in Los Angeles and
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