{"id":1003294,"date":"2019-01-08T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T14:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003294"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:21","slug":"dnc-on-restoration-of-voting-rights-to-ex-felons-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-restoration-of-voting-rights-to-ex-felons-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Restoration of Voting Rights to Ex-Felons in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after voting rights were restored to over one million former felons who have served their time:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe foundation of our democracy is stronger today. Thanks to countless activists and organizers, Floridians voted overwhelmingly for the principle of \u2018one person, one vote.\u2019 They voted for a measure that says if a person has served their time, they will not be treated as a second-class citizen. Now we need to keep up the fight. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Republicans across the country are doing everything they can to halt measures like this one and perpetuate felony disenfranchisement \u2013 but they won\u2019t succeed. Democrats will never stop fighting to expand access to the ballot and \u00a0ensure that no one is silenced or sidelined on Election Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after voting rights were restored to over one million former felons who have served their time:   \u201cThe foundation of our democracy is stronger today. Thanks to countless activists and organizers, Floridians voted overwhelmingly for the principle of \u2018one person, one vote.\u2019 They voted for a measure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDNC on Restoration of Voting Rights to Ex-Felons in Florida - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-restoration-of-voting-rights-to-ex-felons-in-florida\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-08T14:30:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-restoration-of-voting-rights-to-ex-felons-in-florida\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-restoration-of-voting-rights-to-ex-felons-in-florida\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Restoration of Voting Rights to Ex-Felons in Florida - 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