A Boulder County Jail inmate awaiting trial on attempted murder charges says jail officials disenfranchised him and should do more to make inmates aware of their voting rights.
Jeffrey Neering said he asked several jail deputies what he needed to do to vote in the Nov. 1 local and state election, starting more than a month before the election. Some said they’d find out and get back to him, but didn’t. Others ignored him. Then, he was told that it was too late to request a ballot.
Neering, 27, has been charged with attempted murder and multiple counts of assault in an Aug. 4 attack on a Denver man visiting a friend in Boulder. Jason Chilson sustained a 4-inch cut to his throat in the attack, which occurred on University Hill.
Neering said he knows he’s accused of a serious crime, but he hasn’t been convicted.
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