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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.
Florida was one of four states with a lifetime ban, the others being Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia. [2] On November 6, 2018, 65% of Florida voters approved Amendment 4, which automatically restores the voting rights of people convicted of a felony—except murder or sexual offenses [3] —after the completion of their sentences.
In 2022, a federal judge blocked the bill from going into effect, citing donors First Amendment rights as the core legal reasoning. [5] [6] Some ballot measures passed in Florida have been the subject of controversy or extended discussion. In 2000, a ballot measure requiring a high-speed rail project be started within 3 years was passed. [7]
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 ...
With 99 percent of votes tabulated, here's how Florida voters felt about six proposed amendments on the ballot. Florida voters reject 4 of 6 amendments on ballot. See vote totals and what passed ...
Florida is one of 19 states that enacted new voting restrictions last year that critics allege will amount to voter suppression. Florida voting law put under the microscope in federal court Skip ...
Florida previously had rigorous felony disenfranchisement laws that denied approximately 400,000 people the privilege of voting [2] In 2007, at the urging of Gov. Charlie Crist, the laws were relaxed, allowing hundreds of thousands of non-violent offenders to regain their voting rights after having served their prison terms. [3]
Confusion over voter eligibility stems from a controversial 2019 law that Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Legislature approved to carry out the constitutional amendment, which said ...