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In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 photo Chicago election officials register inmates to vote and participate in early voting for the March 17 primary at a Cook County Jail chapel in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Detainees walk out of cells, into voting booths in Chicago
March 16, 2020 5:03 p.m.

Detainees walk out of cells, into voting booths in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — Sirjerathan Wilson never thought it was worth the trouble to vote and never had. But inside Cook County Jail, Wilson sees it differently: voting is a chance to remind himself that his opinion matters and to show his family that he's doing more than just letting one day bleed into the next.