Inmates Register to Vote With Help From DeKalb Sheriff

DECATUR, GA — Sheriff Jeffrey Mann and volunteers from the DeKalb NAACP recently helped inmates at the county jail register to vote.

The effort was part of the NAACP's Voices Beyond Bars initiative, according to Decaturish's report.

A total of 134 inmates registered to vote on Oct. 10, the day before Georgia's statewide voter registration deadline on Oct. 11.

• See also: Voter Registration Deadline is Tuesday, October 11

According to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, people who register to vote must not be, “serving a sentence for conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude.”

See the rest of Decaturish's story here.

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