Sec. 3. Grants to encourage voting among eligible detained and incarcerated persons
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The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to States and units of local government to— install polling places in jails for use by detained persons eligible to vote; provide absentee ballots to detained persons eligible to vote; and provide counseling, education, and information services on voting restoration and voter registration in prisons. The chief executive officer of a State or unit of local government seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
It is the sense of Congress that recipients of grants under this section should continue to partner with entities possessing an existing and proven track record of providing affected populations with services described in subsection
(a)on the date of the enactment of this Act.