BREAKING: U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed that it is unconstitutional to deny people with past felony convictions the right to vote based on their inability to pay fines, fees, and restitution. Lack of wealth cannot be a barrier to one’s ability to vote!https://campaignlegal.org/press-releases/victory-appeals-court-blocks-floridas-attempt-discriminate-against-voters-based …
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Campaign Legal Center Retweeted Danielle Lang
If you're looking for details, CLC's @DaniLang_DC, who along with our friends at @ACLU argued this case before the court, has a legal analysis on her own Twitter account:https://twitter.com/DaniLang_DC/status/1230162118563041281 …
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Danielle Lang @DaniLang_DC
Florida has some work to do: To comply with the legal principle behind the injunction, the State need make only a good faith effort to ensure that no felon otherwise eligible to vote under Amendment 4 is prevented from doing so because of his or her genuine inability to pay LFOs.
8:36 AM - 19 Feb 2020
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