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In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 photo, Cook County jail inmates Vincent Smith, left, and Ioan L'ela participate in early voting for the March 17, Illinois primary at the jail 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.