Did you know that approximately one-and-a-half million Floridians with felony convictions can not vote.
“Florida is one of the states with the harshest felon disenfranchisement laws,” says Leah Aden, assistant counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. “Absent federal legislation or courts striking down these laws under the Voting Rights Act, ballot initiatives, state legislatures, and gubernatorial executive orders have been the only avenues for restoration of felons’ rights.”
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