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Advocates are working to get as many felons registered to vote before the next election as they can. But a new ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is making that more difficult. It requires felons to first pay off all fines and fees tied to their sentences.
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"We have estimated that at least 1,250 people will be able to vote this year because of the contribution that we’re making."
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Florida’s history with voter suppression. COVID-19 and its effects on veterans. Plus, talking with South Florida artists from a rocking chair.
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The ruling overturns a lower court decision.
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Florida taxpayers have spent more than $1.7 million --- and are on the hook for hundreds of thousands more --- in the state’s defense of a 2019 law requiring felons to pay “legal financial obligations” to be eligible to vote, according to state records.
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As Floridians went to the polls in Tuesday’s primary elections, an Atlanta-based appeals court held arguments in a showdown over voting rights that could determine whether hundreds of thousands of convicted felons will be able to cast ballots in the November presidential election.
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After many twists and turns in the legal battle over the Legislature’s interpretation of Amendment 4, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is poised to hear arguments Tuesday in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that found the law unconstitutional.
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A group of returning citizens gathered at the headquarters of Circle of Brotherhood, a Liberty City nonprofit, Tuesday. From there they marched to the early voting site at the Model City Branch Library a few blocks away.
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TALLAHASSEE --- In the latest twist in a legal battle over voting rights in Florida, three dozen former Department of Justice attorneys are asking a…
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Two federal judges who formerly served on the Florida Supreme Court have refused to step aside from a voting-rights case that could determine whether…
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Former Miami Heat superstar LeBron James might have taken his basketball skills to the West Coast, but he continues to have an eye on Florida. His “More...
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TALLAHASSEE --- Accusing voting-rights groups of “a grievous bait-and-switch,” lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday asked a federal appeals court to…