People Ex Rel. St. George v. Woods

On March 11, 1970, the appellant, Otis St. George, who was confined in the Cook County jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on a charge of aggravated battery, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Cook County. The petition alleged that the appellant was a duly registered and qualified Cook County elector, that the Illinois legislature had made no provision for absentee voting for persons in appellant’s situation (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 46, pars. 19—1 to 19—3; see McDonald v. Board of Election Commissioners of Chicago, 394 U.S. 802, 22 L. Ed. 2d 739, 89 S. Ct.…