Scott PowersNovember 10, 2021
5min825
Mariner is a convicted felon.
Tag: restoration of rights
Scott PowersNovember 10, 2021
Ryan NicolOctober 1, 2019
5min288
The eight-member group is chaired by Secretary of State Laurel Lee.
Scott PowersApril 8, 2019
8min583
"All we wanted to do was be part of this democracy again."
Scott PowersFebruary 14, 2019
11min517
"There is not a document that says, 'You have completed your sentence.'"
Jim RosicaApril 4, 2018
5min446
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet will appeal a federal judge’s order to devise a new process for restoring voting rights to felons. The Governor’s Office announced the move Wednesday morning. The appeal will be filed with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “People elected by Floridians should determine Florida’s clemency rules for […]
Ana CeballosFebruary 1, 2018
5min496
A federal judge on Thursday said the system used by the state to vet which ex-felons get to have their voting rights restored is unconstitutional. “Florida’s vote-restoration scheme is crushingly restrictive,” U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in a 43-page ruling. “The scheme crumbles under strict scrutiny because it risks — if not covertly authorizes […]
Peter SchorschOctober 12, 20174min1184
A proposed ballot initiative that would automatically restore some felons’ voting rights after they complete their sentences now has more than 210,000 confirmed petition signatures, according to the Florida Division of Elections. And while that’s just the number of confirmed petition, Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, says 600,000 signed petitions have been […]