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As of 2008, over 5.3 million people in the United States were denied the right to vote due to felony disenfranchisement. [18] In the national elections in 2012, the various state felony disenfranchisement laws together blocked an estimated 5.85 million felons from voting, up from 1.2 million in 1976.
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 ...
In addition to losing the right to vote, Florida law deprives convicted felons of certain Civil Rights including the right to serve on a jury, hold public office, and restricts the issuance and ...
An offense punishable by up to 30 years imprisonment may result in a disenfranchisement of the right to vote for a span of 30 years, but this also varies widely by state. The federal government also has different laws regarding the loss of rights due to criminal conviction. In Reynolds v.
Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow people convicted of a felony to vote in federal elections, a proposal that if enacted could restore the voting rights of ...
The question of whether ex-felons should be able to vote is much bigger than just a couple of states, and the history goes all the way back to the mid-19th century.
Florida Amendment 4, also the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative, is an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. state of Florida passed by ballot initiative on November 6, 2018, as part of the 2018 Florida elections.
Before the new law, felons had to complete their probation before they could regain their eligibility to vote. An estimated 55,000 people with felony records gained the right to vote as a result.