felon voting rights

Plaintiffs are trying to fend off an attempt to end a lawsuit that challenges the way a 2018 constitutional amendment aimed at restoring felons’ voting rights has been carried out.

The governor's administration, county clerks of court and elections supervisors want a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit challenging the way Amendment 4 has been implemented. The lawsuit contends that a “bureaucratic morass” has prevented people from voting or determining whether they are eligible to vote.

Just as Rod Velez indicated he would be sworn into the Broward County School Board Thursday morning, following a months-long saga over his eligibility, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared the seat vacant — and appointed Daniel Foganholi to it. "I'm going to continue to fight," Velez said.

Rod Velez won his race for the Broward County School Board. But he wasn't sworn in with the other new members last month because he has a felony on his record and didn't want to break the law by swearing a false oath. But now his attorneys say he's eligible after all — thanks to Amendment 4.

One of the 20 people arrested by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new election security force this week accepted a plea deal that allows her to avoid any punishment. So far, none have received prison time. Last week, prosecutors dropped charges against one of them, while last month, a judge dismissed charges against another.

An estimated 2% of the U.S. voting age population is ineligible to cast a ballot due to a felony conviction. State-level felon disenfranchisement rates vary dramatically.

Ex-felons are now "afraid to vote" on the back of a series of contentious arrests trumpeted by Governor Ron DeSantis, a social justice reporter tells the South Florida Roundup. With early voting about to start, opinion editors from two newspapers dissect the three congressional amendments that Floridians have on their midterm ballots.

A congressional panel probing changes to elections laws across the country held a hearing in Tallahassee, illustrating a partisan divide over voting-related measures pushed in Republican-led states such as Florida.

A Florida prosecutor has filed felony voter fraud charges against at least five inmates in what is believed to be the first cases resulting from a state investigation into a voter registration drive conducted inside the jail in July 2020 by Alachua County’s Democratic elections supervisor.

The Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation is now accepting cryptocurrency donations. The artists behind the giant menorah and dreidel on Miami Beach. Plus, did this Republican congressional candidate cast an illegal vote?

After weeks of asking, neither the Florida Department of State nor the Florida Department of Corrections was able to deny or confirm if Republican congressional candidate Jason Mariner cast a legal ballot or not.

A Florida Bar task force has presented proposals on how to make condo living better and safer after Surfside. We meet the man who was central to helping Florida felons get their voting rights back. And a dramedy film about a Cuban-American woman packing for a family trip to Havana.