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Florida was trying to move on from its racist past, especially when it comes to keeping Black and brown people from voting. In November, Floridians approved Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to former felons who have served their sentence, excluding those convicted of murder and sex felonies, by a landslide 30-point…
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has promised to cripple Amendment 4 by signing Senate Bill 7066, which will require that ex-felons pay all fines and court costs before they will actually be able to vote. The Florida Democratic Party has called DeSantis the “Jim Crow Governor” for saying he will sign…
Republicans want to water down Amendment 4 because having that many new voters, a large percentage of them people of color, could majorly affect future elections in the swing state.
Nearly six million people will be barred from voting in elections this November due to having felony convictions on their records. Heavyweights in the political world have weighed in on this topic, including former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who calls for voting rights to be reinstated immediately after someone…
