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BREAKING: Federal court finds that Florida's law that sought to restrict Amendment 4 is an unconstitutional poll tax and violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
This restores voting rights to hundreds of thousands of returning citizens.
@ACLU @ACLUFL @BrennanCenter @NAACP_LDF https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1264670260613066759
This restores voting rights to hundreds of thousands of returning citizens.
@ACLU @ACLUFL @BrennanCenter @NAACP_LDF https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1264670260613066759
The court makes clear that the vast majority of returning citizens are *unable* to pay their outstanding fines and fees.
The Florida legislature, in other words, disenfranchised close to a million Floridians by making them pay what they knew those citizens couldn't afford.
The Florida legislature, in other words, disenfranchised close to a million Floridians by making them pay what they knew those citizens couldn't afford.
Federal judge finds that Florida "has shown a staggering inability to administer" its own law that dramatically restricted Amendment 4
Florida's law that was just struck down has disenfranchised at least 774,000 Florida citizens, a disproportionately number of whom are Black.
Florida passed this bill knowing it would be "impossible" to administer and knowing it would largely harm communities of color.
Florida passed this bill knowing it would be "impossible" to administer and knowing it would largely harm communities of color.
The court doesn't buy Defendants' late-stage attempt to issue new procedures on SB7066: "conceived only in an effort to shore up the State’s flagging position in this litigation" (!)
Florida's unconstitutional law is so byzantine and nightmarish that Florida citizens who are eligible to vote are afraid to register, for fear of being prosecuted.
Link to the full Florida decision is here https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/opinion-florida
