From CLC board member and @Harvard_Law professor Charles Fried: "Politicians like Gov. @RonDeSantisFL are trying to make it more difficult for poor people to restore their voting rights, based on perceptions of how this may benefit his party politically."https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-commentary/os-op-charles-fried-amendment-4-20191220-b47m4skainf45djapapqqrcg54-story.html …
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It's a Republican tradition ins swing states.
And yet, Amendment 4 was passed by 2/3 of Florida voters with solidly bipartisan support. Politicians aren't aligned with their voters on this one.