Scott PowersMarch 18, 2019
4min498
A House panel will consider an interpretation of the voting rights restoration amendment.
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Scott PowersMarch 18, 2019
Danny McAuliffeMarch 13, 2019
5min691
Members of the group will meet with lawmakers throughout Wednesday.
Scott PowersFebruary 14, 2019
11min517
"There is not a document that says, 'You have completed your sentence.'"
Jacob OglesJanuary 22, 2019
5min576
Florida law includes doctor-assisted suicide, partial birth abortion in murder statute.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 9, 2019
4min253
On the day felons started registering under Florida’s newly approved Amendment 4, voter rolls in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties swelled by a considerable amount — more than 400 voters each. According to Supervisor of Elections offices, Hillsborough registered 434 people, Pinellas added 438. Under Amendment 4, overwhelmingly approved by voters last November, nonviolent felons previously barred from […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 8, 2019
3min453
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried made her first post swearing-in remarks to Florida Democrats Tuesday afternoon. Fried’s prepared remarks noted that she expected to be serving aside “Gov. Andrew Gillum.” That didn’t come to pass, obviously. Fried, the titular head of Florida Democrats as their sole statewide elected official, bookended her remarks with the kind of encouragement one […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 8, 2019
8min307
Congressman Charlie Crist joined several ex-felons to register to vote Tuesday morning at the downtown St. Petersburg Supervisor of Elections office opened. It was the first day qualifying former offenders could register. Florida voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 4 last November, which automatically restores nonviolent ex-felons’ right to vote as long as they have fully paid their […]
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 7, 2019
3min464
Ron DeSantis takes office Tuesday, and his first moves after swearing-in could occupy headlines for weeks to come. Speaking to reporters after an inaugural event Monday, DeSantis said his early actions as Governor will include appointing three Supreme Court justices, announcing news of his administration’s stance on medical-marijuana lawsuits and possibly taking action against Broward […]
Scott PowersJanuary 7, 2019
6min707
On Tuesday as many as 1.4 million felons who have served all terms of their sentences will get the right to register to vote in Florida thanks to voters approval in November of Amendment 4, a day that felons’ voter rights champion Desmond Meade said would be historic and a celebration. “Tomorrow when returning citizens across […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 7, 2019
5min471
How was it possible for Amendment 4, the amendment restoring the voting rights of former felons, to get 64.55 percent of the vote in Florida? All statewide partisan races were close. Clearly, this vote was not partisan. I think the reason is one basic human instinct. Redemption. Americans believe in second chances. They believe in […]