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"It is a state law, that inmates eligible to vote be given the right to do so," said TCSO spokeswoman Kristen Dark, adding that TCSO was already in compliance with the law. But Dark says the sheriff and the voter registrar are working on a plan to get inmates registered to vote. "The sheriff and Bruce Elphant have been working together for quite a while, trying to look at that and see if there's anything we can do better," she said. Sheriff Sally Hernandez and Elphant were is discussions about inmate voter registration last year, but the topic was shelved...