It’s an expansion of a program Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson first launched at state prisons in 2020 and more recently expanded to jails in Kent, Ingham, Genesee and Washtenaw counties. You need an ID to enroll in education and training programs.”To date, the program has helped roughly 20,000 people who were incarcerated get a driver’s license or state ID upon their release, according to Benson’s office. About 60% of the people incarcerated there last week did not have a valid state ID, according to Sheriff Raphael Washington. In Michigan, anyone with a felony or misdemeanor conviction can register to vote as long as they’re not currently serving time in jail or prison. Michigan is one of at least 17 states to provide identification at reentry, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.