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Florida restores voting rights to more than 1 million felons
CNN ^ | November 7, 2018 | By Nicole Chavez

Posted on 11/07/2018 12:54:08 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Florida has approved an amendment that will automatically restore voting rights to more than a million people previously convicted of felonies.

Felons who finish their full sentences, including fines, probation and parole, will now be allowed to vote in the state. The new law does not apply to anyone convicted of murder or sex offenses.

Florida's Amendment 4 passed Tuesday after exceeding the 60% threshold required to become a law.

When it goes into effect, an estimated 1.5 million people in Florida who have completed felony sentences but have not been able to vote could show up to the polls, according to the nonprofit Sentencing Project.

That's a quarter of the total number of people nationwide who are forbidden to vote because of a felony conviction.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: election2018
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1 posted on 11/07/2018 12:54:08 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Florida just won every Demonrat election for the next 20 years.


2 posted on 11/07/2018 12:57:38 PM PST by Terry L Smith (.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am of the opinion that anyone who is a ward of the state - mental patient, prisoner, parole, ANYONE who can not be trusted to manage their own life unsupervised and without state control and/or support .... should not be allowed to vote.

If the felon serves their time (not while on parole) and has fully repaid their debt to society, then yes, they can be allowed to vote again.


3 posted on 11/07/2018 12:57:53 PM PST by taxcontrol
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To: Terry L Smith

Who would vote for that? I know it is a dumb question but really are there that many ex felons or stupid people in Florida..


4 posted on 11/07/2018 12:59:22 PM PST by funfan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How many will get picked up and sent back into the system? They need an amendment already that states repeat felony offenders will lose their reinstated voting privileges for life.


5 posted on 11/07/2018 1:00:20 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: taxcontrol
I am of the opinion that anyone who is a ward of the state - mental patient, prisoner, parole, ANYONE who can not be trusted to manage their own life unsupervised and without state control and/or support .... should not be allowed to vote. If the felon serves their time (not while on parole) and has fully repaid their debt to society, then yes, they can be allowed to vote again.

Agree, no scarlet letter BS. Once someone has served their sentence ALL rights should be restored. Including 2nd Amendment rights.

6 posted on 11/07/2018 1:00:23 PM PST by precisionshootist
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not that I agree with it, but the amendment only extends to non-violent felons. Murderers and rapists are excluded.

I’ve been saying all day that this is going to turn Florida from purple to blue by 2024.


7 posted on 11/07/2018 1:01:29 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1,500,000+ felons just in Florida?

amazing all by itself

and we suppose Florida is not converted into a solid D state? just by letting criminals vote... wow! very clever indeed


8 posted on 11/07/2018 1:01:43 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There was a process in place for this. There was no need to intervene.


9 posted on 11/07/2018 1:01:54 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 frm 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well that’s fun. Good job majority of the Florida voting population


10 posted on 11/07/2018 1:03:28 PM PST by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: taxcontrol

Losing the right to vote is part of the “debt.”


11 posted on 11/07/2018 1:06:07 PM PST by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: refreshed

Enjoy yesterday because that may be the last one we win for in Fla.


12 posted on 11/07/2018 1:06:12 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Its not automatic and Desantis and Moody will put the brakes on this plus we control the Fl Supreme court now .
Let wait and see .
It can be overturned like manu of these measures .
13 posted on 11/07/2018 1:15:10 PM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves)
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To: funfan

There are A LOT of ex-felons in Florida. For whatever reason the day their parole ends they make a beeline for the Sunshine State.


14 posted on 11/07/2018 1:15:37 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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“Florida just won every Demonrat election for the next 20 years.”

LOL right. Like these guys are people who vote...or have ever voted? Give me an eff’n break.


15 posted on 11/07/2018 1:16:30 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The League of Women voters was pushing hard on this.

And you should have seen the ads supporting it. A good looking, clean cut, blond haired, blue eyed guy and his preppy, adorable wife sitting at the table in a beautiful house with an adorable baby lamenting the fact that he was an ex-felon and couldn’t vote.

Blame the crappy schools for people falling for this BS.


16 posted on 11/07/2018 1:17:48 PM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Florida Man shall not be disenfranchised!


17 posted on 11/07/2018 1:18:11 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Autonomous User

Don’t worry, I am sure as part of their parole they will be forced to vote or get a lighter sentence if they agree to vote. Bank on some lefty Judge conjuring that one up.


18 posted on 11/07/2018 1:18:51 PM PST by FlipWilson
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To: Terry L Smith
Not so fast. See my post

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3703830/posts

19 posted on 11/07/2018 1:35:29 PM PST by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
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To: Terry L Smith

Oh, I don’t know. They will probably be too busy committing new felonies to vote.


20 posted on 11/07/2018 1:35:48 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (..Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you.. Joshua 1:9)
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