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What Referendum? Florida GOP Set to Exclude Up to 80% of Felons From Voting

NEVER MIND

A House committee just passed language that would require fees be paid up before voting rights are restored—creating an insurmountable obstacle for many former felons.

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When the people of Florida voted, by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, to allow former felons to vote in state and federal elections, progressives wondered how the state’s Republican-controlled legislature would respond.

Now we know.

After a series of trial balloons—ignoring the referendum, delaying its implementation—the Florida House of Representatives’ Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted...

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