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Illinois bill reflects growing frustration with Census counts of prisoners Fact of the week, February 14, 2005
Prisoner count skews Illinois population Fact of the Week, January 12, 2004
Increasingly rural Illinois prisons dilute Chicago's political power Fact of the Week, December 29, 2003

See also:

The Political Consequences of Racist Felon Disenfranchisement by Paul Street in The BlackCommentator

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From the blog:

Prisons Warp Vote Jan. 8, 2008
International Committee Urged to Scrutinize U.S. Census Practices That Dilute Vote of Minority Populations Dec. 13, 2007
Budget battles endanger prison count Oct. 30, 2007

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