{"id":1004012,"date":"2019-03-22T14:58:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1004012"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:07:55","slug":"florida-republicans-are-determined-to-disenfranchise-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/florida-republicans-are-determined-to-disenfranchise-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Republicans Are Determined To Disenfranchise Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">The Republican Party has been attempting to nullify the results of the 2018 midterm elections, where Democratic candidates and causes succeeded at the ballot box, all across the country \u2014 and now Florida is no exception. In Florida, Republicans are doubling down on disenfranchising tactics and voters will be silenced if they\u2019re successful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the midterm election, Florida voters voted overwhelmingly to restore the right to vote for former felons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/florida-restores-voting-rights-for-felons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/florida-restores-voting-rights-for-felons&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553607485356000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGaZbxEGhiH2i_r6gr4C36CMk9aLA\">Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cIn a landmark win for voting-rights advocates, Floridians on Tuesday approved Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to approximately 1.5 million convicted felons who have completed their parole and probation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now, Florida Republicans want to overturn the will of voters by requiring ex-felons to pay fees and fines before their rights are restored, a move that would block nearly 80 percent of former felons from voting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/20\/us\/florida-felon-voting-rights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/20\/us\/florida-felon-voting-rights.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553607485356000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEc2PtFMYfnmEvua0y2Tir7dpwNXg\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201c\u2018This bill is just flying directly in the face of what two-thirds of Florida voters said very clearly,\u2019 said Sean Morales-Doyle, a lawyer at the Brennan Center for Justice in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/what-referendum-florida-gop-set-to-exclude-up-to-80-of-felons-from-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/what-referendum-florida-gop-set-to-exclude-up-to-80-of-felons-from-voting&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553607485356000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGf9NLfNlEs5scy828fE3jVCpkLMw\">Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cMost important is what this requirement would actually mean: blocking up to 80 percent of the 1.4 million former felons who were supposed to be allowed to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Republican Party\u2019s proposed changes target low-income felons who cannot afford to pay these fees and would once again make the constitutional right to vote for many unattainable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/03\/20\/florida-republicans-vote-to-strip-most-felons-of-voting-rights-unless-they-pay-poll-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/03\/20\/florida-republicans-vote-to-strip-most-felons-of-voting-rights-unless-they-pay-poll-tax\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553607485356000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEIuynW2w_vofAZmmWKWOHaQtnECw\">Slate<\/a>: \u201cWLRN reported that the majority of such fines are never paid because most convicted felons do not have the resources to pay them. Just 19 percent of some $1 billion in fines were paid off between 2013 and 2018, the outlet noted. Florida\u2019s court clerks&#8217; association says that 83 percent of fines are not expected to be paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/what-referendum-florida-gop-set-to-exclude-up-to-80-of-felons-from-voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/what-referendum-florida-gop-set-to-exclude-up-to-80-of-felons-from-voting&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553607485356000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGf9NLfNlEs5scy828fE3jVCpkLMw\">Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cMoreover, such fees aren\u2019t even part of the sentences imposed by judges. They\u2019re administrative fees assessed by court clerks. (Judges only impose fines meant for restitution; those are part of the sentence itself.)\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican Party has been attempting to nullify the results of the 2018 midterm elections, where Democratic candidates and causes succeeded at the ballot box, all across the country \u2014 and now Florida is no exception. In Florida, Republicans are doubling down on disenfranchising tactics and voters will be silenced if they\u2019re successful. &nbsp; In [&hellip;]<\/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-1004012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Florida Republicans Are Determined To Disenfranchise Voters - 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\/florida-republicans-are-determined-to-disenfranchise-voters\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-03-22T18:58:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:07:55+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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/florida-republicans-are-determined-to-disenfranchise-voters\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/florida-republicans-are-determined-to-disenfranchise-voters\/\",\"name\":\"Florida Republicans Are Determined To Disenfranchise Voters - 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