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Prisons and City Elections
11/03/09 filed by Joyce Russell
Iowans go to the polls for municipal elections. In the northeastern Iowa town of Anamosa, voters have changed the way they elect their city council. That’s because one council member’s constituents consisted almost entirely of prison inmates. (3:48)
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