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- A US District Judge ruled last week that Florida’s partisan process for the restoration of ex-felons’ voting rights violates the Constitution.
- This decision could enfranchise many of the 1.7 million Floridians currently denied suffrage due to their criminal records.
- This could tilt Florida’s electorate to the left for decades.
At the end of 2013, Stephen A. Warner went before Florida’s Executive Clemency Board to request the restoration of his voting rights. Gov. Rick Scott, who presides over the board, promptly pointed out that Warner had been convicted of felony voter fraud in 2010.
“I voted for you,” Warner told him. “I probably shouldn’t respond to that,” the governor said with a laugh. He then granted Warner’s request, restoring his right to vote in Florida. That same day, he denied dozens of applications from ex-felons who declined to profess their political affiliation.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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