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Desmond Meade (born July 22, 1967) is a voting rights activist and Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. [1] As chair of Floridians for a Fair Democracy, Meade led the successful effort to pass Florida Amendment 4, a 2018 state initiative that restored voting rights to over 1.4 million Floridians with previous felony convictions. [2]
Florida voters reject 4 of 6 amendments on ballot. See vote totals and what passed, failed. Gannett. Cheryl McCloud and C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. November 6, 2024 at 11:03 AM.
He became the head of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition in 2009. He led a drive to qualify Amendment 4 as a ballot initiative for the 2018 Florida elections, collecting 799,000 signatures. The initiative was approved in January 2018 for the November ballot. [21] The amendment required 60% of the vote to take effect. [22]
2020 Florida Amendment 4, commonly known as the Think Twice Initiative [2] was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Florida that failed by 52.47% to 47.53% in the 2020 election on November 3, 2020.
RAC Florida is also advocating for Amendment 4 on the grounds of religious freedom. “Judaism also believes in the dignity of all people, and that for us, we interpret dignity to mean access to ...
Florida has 1 million more Republican registered voters than Democrats, elections officials revealed, further cementing its status as a conservative hotbed. There are 5.3 million active Republican ...
In a 2020 study, Florida was ranked as the 11th hardest state for citizens to vote in. [2] All citizens of the United States, over the age of eighteen and who are permanent residents of the state, may register to vote as a qualified elector of Florida unless they are convicted of a felony or found to be mentally incompetent.
Caleb James Williams, 18, was nabbed after he allegedly wielded the 23-inch blade at two voters at the Neptune Beach voting site near Jacksonville just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, police said.