NYC Council wants to make it easier for Rikers inmates to vote — but jail officials sound the alarm

Fuente: New York Post

The City Council wants to make it easier for thousands of Rikers Island inmates to vote by forcing jail officials to help them fix errors on their ballots — but the Department of Corrections said the law will cause huge problems for them. The bill, filed by Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers, seeks to force the DOC to help inmates with so-called “ballot curing. ” But, the beleaguered DOC said that process is the Board of Elections’ responsibility — not theirs.