Floridian
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit announced today that ex-felons failed to prove that the voting requirements in Florida amount to an unconstitutional poll tax.
Amendment 4, which passed in the 2018 midterm elections with more than 65% of the vote, restored the voting rights of ex-felons that had “completed all of the terms of their sentences.”
Republican leadership argues that this includes fines and fees that are associated with their convictions, which is an argument that has received pushback from voters in the state.
With the passing of amendment 4, as many as 1.5 million Floridians were expected to have their voting rights restored. more
Still not good enough. Any felon whose crime involved a homicide should NEVER have voting right restored. Any felon whose crime caused financial loss to anyone else should have to make triple (minimum) restitution for that loss before voting right is restored. Any felon who has regained the right to vote and is subsequently convicted of any crime, including misdemeanors, should lose the right to vote immediately and irrevocably.
That was a clever poll tax angle the morons cane up with. Voting is a privilege, not a right!
if you can’t own a gun you can’t vote or look at it this way…. if you can own a gun then you get to vote.
I want the right for one to be the same as the other. If background checks for one then it should be required for the other.