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In April 1917, the suffrage groups worked to get another women's suffrage amendment passed in the state legislature. [26] Mary Baird Bryan testified in favor of the bill in front of the Legislature. [26] The bill passed the Florida Senate by 23 to 7 on April 23. [26] Several members of the Florida House spoke in favor of women's suffrage. [34]
November 19: State suffrage convention held in Daytona. [13] 1919. Demonstration probably against women's suffrage in De Leon Springs, Florida, March 17, 1917. January: James L. Giles, mayor of Orlando, requests an amendment to the city charter to allow women to vote and it is passed by City Council. [23]
Florida changes their felony voting rules; felons must wait five years after sentencing and apply for their right to vote again. [59] Iowa reverses their rule allowing felons who have completed their sentences to vote. [59] Texas passes one of the most restrictive voter ID laws in the country, but it is blocked by the courts. [30] 2013
In 2018, Florida voters passed Amendment 4, which extended voting rights to most former felons who had completed their sentences. [13] Despite passing with 65% of the vote, state officials were slow to implement the updated guidelines, preventing many newly eligible voters from voting for several years. [14]
With 99 percent of votes tabulated, here's how Florida voters felt about six proposed amendments on the ballot. Florida voters reject 4 of 6 amendments on ballot. See vote totals and what passed ...
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During the 1880s and 1890s there was more organizing and efforts to introduce women's suffrage in the state legislature. [135] [136] [137] In 1891, a school suffrage bill passed. [137] That same year, Ellen A. Martin exploited a loophole in the city charter of Lombard, Illinois which allowed her and other women to legally cast ballots. [138] [139]
The state's previous 15-week ban passed in 2022 after the state's Supreme Court overruled a 34-year-old ... an even more restrictive 6-week ban was passed by the Florida Legislature last year and ...