Amendment 4 was passed by 64% of Florida voters & was largest expansion of voting rights since Voting Rights Act. Now it’s been gutted by GOP legislature. Outrageous attack on democracy & will of the people
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Breaking: Florida senate passes bill requiring those with past felony convictions to pay all restitution, fines & fees before becoming eligible to vote. This is modern day poll tax undermining historic ballot initiative that could block over 500,000 people from the ballot box
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Florida's racist Jim Crow era felon disenfranchisement law blocked 1 in 10 from voting, incl 1 in 5 African Americans. Ballot initiative repealing it was huge victory for voting rights. Now instead of following will of voters, FL GOP suppressing voteshttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/inside-the-unlikely-movement-that-could-restore-voting-rights-to-1-4-million-floridians/ …
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wildly unconstitutional...and typical of the election shenanigans in the State of Florida.
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WTFlorida?!
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I miss you already
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That’s not what we voted for! Sickening politicians.
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It is when ppl vote for a Republican governor.
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This is not what was voted on by voters...
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On the ballot it flew threw. This is in direct contradiction to the will of the voters.
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Another Southern state that was under preclearance FOR GOOD REASON. (I say this from Texas, where I hope we are bailed back in soon.)
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Consider this , the civil rights division of the DOJ has been gutted so at this time, the now removed preclearance law wouldn’t help anyway. Makes this decision even scarier.
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