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Florida voters overwhelmingly supported a 2018 constitutional amendment restoring the voting rights of people with felony convictions after they’ve finished their sentences, except for those ...
Contributing: C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY Network-Florida This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Felon voting in Florida is not allowed except in a few circumstances Show comments
Felony disenfranchisement in Florida is currently a contentious political issue in Florida.Though the general principle of felony disenfranchisement is not in dispute, [citation needed] the disenfranchisement of people who had been convicted of a felony and have served their sentence — that includes prison, bail and parole — but continue being barred from voting if they have outstanding ...
The state with the highest number of disenfranchised voters was Florida, with 1.5 million disenfranchised [19] because of a current or previous felony conviction, over 10% of the voting age citizens, including the 774,000 disenfranchised only because of outstanding financial obligations. In October 2020, it was estimated that 5.1 million ...
Florida's disenfranchised felons constituted 10% of the adult population, and 21.5% of the adult African American population. [10] As Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist reformed the process for the reinstatement of voting rights in 2007, allowing non-violent offenders to have their voting rights automatically restored.
While Florida generally makes it challenging for people in the state with felony convictions to regain their voting rights, former President Donald Trump had no issue casting a ballot for himself ...
The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition pushed Amendment 4, a constitutional amendment that allowed people with most felony convictions to regain their ... Florida, DeSantis sued after rollout of ...
The Florida Department of Corrections defines recidivism as a return to prison, as the result of either a new conviction or a violation of post-prison supervision, within three years of their prison release date. The Department began releasing annual recidivism reports in 2012.