Nevada lawmakers mull expanding voting access in jails

Nevada lawmakers mull expanding voting access in jails

The bill would make available to pretrial detainees an electronic absentee ballot system currently used by military, disabled or overseas voters.

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Nevada lawmakers consider bill to expand voting rights for pretrial detainees in jail

Lawmakers in Nevada’s Democratic-controlled Assembly heard a bill Tuesday that would expand already-existing voting rights to pretrial detainees in jails, marking the latest effort to make voting easier for pretrial detainees that is playing out in different forms nationwide. The bill would make an electronic absentee ballot system available to pretrial detainees that is currently tailored toward military, disabled or overseas voters. It also st…

Lawmakers consider expanding voting access for those held in local jails – The Nevada Independent

Democratic lawmakers and voting advocacy groups are supporting a bill to ensure eligible voters held in local jails as they await trial still have the ability to vote. “These individuals still have a constitutional right to participate in the electoral process, and we need to make sure they have sufficient access,” Assemblywoman Brittney Miller (D-Las Vegas), who sponsored the bill (AB286), said during a Tuesday hearing, adding that it is meant …

Nevada lawmakers mull expanding voting access in jails

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Nevada lawmakers mull expanding voting access in jails

Lawmakers in Nevada’s Democratic-controlled Assembly has heard a bill that would expand already-existing voting rights to pretrial detainees in jails. It marks the latest effort taking action on pretrial detention voting that is playing out in different forms nationwide. The bill would make an electronic absentee ballot system available to pretrial detainees that is currently tailored toward military, disabled or overseas voters. It establishes …