Fact Sheet
Jail-Based Voting Resources
State voter guides, toolkits to assist advocates and incarcerated voters, sample mailers and handouts, and reports on jail-based voting.
Related to: Voting Rights
Jail-based voting, both the implementation and advocacy work, is local. As such, advocates are often looking for ideas and examples and templates from other communities. This page offers many of the resources that advocates have requested from one another over the last few months.
Sample Voting Guides: How an Individual Can Register and Vote from Jail
Audience: Advocates, Incarcerated Voters
- How to vote from jail in Virginia
- How to vote from jail in Arizona
- How to Vote from jail in Cook County, IL
- How to Vote from Jail in Colorado
- Know the Law Palm Card from Colorado
How to Implement Voting at a Jail Site
Audience: Advocates
- Jail Based Voting Toolkit for Florida
- ACLU OH Voting in Jails: An Organizers Toolkit
- Challenging Jail-Based Disenfranchisement: Resource Guide for Advocates
- Confined Voting Blueprint from Denver Elections Office for Jails in CO
- Jail Toolkit for Advocates
In-Jail Surveys: Surveying Incarcerated Individuals About their Interest and Challenges with Voting
Audience: Advocates, Jail-based Staff, Election Officials
Templates for Advocating for Better Voting Procedures With Election Staff
Audience: Advocates
- Template Letter to an Election Official
- Advocacy Letter to an Election Official in OK
- Advocacy Letter to an Election Official in OH
- Advocacy Letter to an Election Official in TX
- Advocacy Letter to an Election Official in AZ
Templates for Advocating for Better Voting Procedures With Jail-based Staff
Audience: Advocates
- Guidance for Sheriffs in TX
- Template Letter to a Sheriff
- Jail Toolkit for Elections and Jail Administrators
