Guest AuthorJanuary 20, 2022
11min0
Let My People Vote is an inspiration to anyone playing the long game of civil rights issues.
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Guest AuthorJanuary 20, 2022
Drew WilsonJuly 15, 2019
4min522
Meade took the No. 12 spot in the 100-person list.
Staff ReportsNovember 5, 2018
6min648
Amendment 4, one of the highest-profile and best-publicized amendments Florida voters are considering, is on track to pass. That’s according to a survey out Monday by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at California-Berkeley. The poll showed 65 percent of likely voters backing the amendment with 25 percent opposed, consistent with recent polling from […]
Danny McAuliffeNovember 2, 20186min354
During a ceremony honoring the newly unveiled Civil Rights Institute at Florida State University, Desmond Meade, activist and spokesperson for the push to restore felon voting rights in Florida, told the audience that the next civil rights milestone is just days away. “Tick, tock,” refrained Desmond Meade, who also serves as the president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. […]
Drew WilsonOctober 29, 2018
6min298
A new statewide poll found Florida voters are in favor of the constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to felons who have done their time but aren’t so keen on adding a “crime victim bill of rights” to the state’s governing document. The St. Pete Polls survey found 60 percent of likely voters support Amendment 4, […]
Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2018
4min347
The committee sponsoring the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” which would restore voting rights to Florida felons who have completed their sentences, spent more than $1.8 million of its reserves pushing the proposal on the airwaves, online and via direct mail between Oct. 6 and Oct. 12. Floridians for a Fair Democracy, which led the drive to […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2018
3min305
With vote-by-mail underway and early in-person voting just a week away, the Second Chances Campaign announced a $5 million broadcast ad buy Monday. The pro-Amendment 4 group’s television and radio spots will include personal stories from reformed felons who are still denied spent, and from experts in favor of restoring civil rights for those who […]
Drew WilsonOctober 8, 20187min378
The committee sponsoring the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” which would restore voting rights to Florida felons who have completed their sentences, added more than $600,000 to its coffers during the last full week of September. Floridians for a Fair Democracy, which led the drive to get Amendment 4 on the ballot, received 138 contributions for the […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 1, 20183min542
A poll commissioned by the political committee Floridians for a Fair Democracy shows sufficient support to pass a constitutional amendment to restore certain felons’ voting rights. The poll of 1,000 likely voters from Sept. 17-23, conducted in both English and Spanish by North Star Opinion Research and EMC Research, shows 74 percent support for Amendment 4, […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 20185min1162
Florida voters support restoring suffrage for reformed felons, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. The poll found 71 percent of voters support Amendment 4, also known as the “Voting Restoration Amendment,” with just 21 percent opposed. Ballot amendments need 60 percent support from voters in order make it into the […]