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The plaintiffs in the case, Hand v. Scott, alleged the process is unconstitutional due to its arbitrary nature. [15] [16] In April 2018, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker ruled that Florida's process for seeking restoration of voting rights in Florida was unconstitutional because it relied too much on personal appeal to Governor Scott. [17]
Florida Amendment 4 [1] was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 5, 2024. [2] [3] Through a statewide referendum, the amendment achieved 57% support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida, short of the 60% supermajority required by law.
By December 8, 2000, there had been multiple court decisions about the presidential election in Florida. [16] On that date, the Florida Supreme Court, by a 4–3 vote, ordered a statewide manual recount of undervotes. [17] On December 9, ruling in response to an emergency request from Bush, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the recount.
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 ...
Felony disenfranchisement was introduced in Florida in 1838 with the ratification of the first Constitution of Florida, which stated “laws shall be made by the General Assembly, to exclude from office, and from suffrage, those who shall have been or may thereafter be convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crime, or misdemeanor”, [11] [12] which took effect in 1845 when ...
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(Reuters) - A federal judge in Florida on Thursday invalidated several of the state's new Republican-backed voting restrictions, ruling that they violate minority voters' constitutional rights.
Initially reserving their ruling, the trial court denied the motion after White was convicted by a jury. While the Florida First District Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that probable cause alone does not justify a warrantless seizure. [1] [2]