Sorry - the logistical challenges associated with this request outweigh any RIGHTS that these people can claim in regards to their voting privileges. The best way to insure that your RIGHT TO VOTE is left intact is to not do anything that places your behind in jail during the polling period.
Two DeKalb County residents on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit contending they were illegally denied the right to vote last November because they were refused absentee ballots at the county jail.
Hassan Swann and David A. Hartfield were barred from receiving the ballots because of a Georgia law that prohibits absentee ballots from being sent to an address other than a citizen’s permanent address, the suit said.
“Because of an arcane and unconstitutional statute, our clients were wrongfully robbed of participating in this last historic presidential election,” said Nancy Abudu, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Voting Rights project, which represents the two plaintiffs. “In the state of Georgia, individuals incarcerated in jails retain their right to vote.”
Swann was in jail for a DUI charge and Hatfield was being held for a probation violation, Abudu said.
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