This is the kind of decision that shows how facts matter. Among other things, the judge spends page after page demonstrating that the state can& #39;t even say with any authority how much people owe, making it hard to justify requirement to pay before vote is restored. https://twitter.com/chiraagbains/status/1264672045742411781">https://twitter.com/chiraagba...

It turns out to be an enormous administrative burden to figure out how much, if anything, each of 85,000 people convicted of felonies must pay to get vote restored. And Florida& #39;s not interested in doing the work.

One of the remedies the judge orders is that a prospective voter is entitled to get an advisory opinion within 21 days as to whether he or she is allowed to register to vote. If the state can& #39;t say no in 21 days, it can& #39;t prosecute someone later for registering and voting.

In order to bar someone from registering based on money owed, Florida has to set out the exact figure owed--no more, no less. No more making someone guess how much they must pay to get vote restored.

It& #39;s unconstitutional to make someone pay a debt they can& #39;t pay to vote. And while not necessarily unconstitutional, it& #39;s unjust to make anyone& #39;s vote contingent on debt payment. If Florida is going to insist on imposing that requirement, it must at least so do professionally.

Good thread from one of the plaintiffs& #39; lawyers about this mess of a law. On this record, even if you think there& #39;s legitimate reason for requiring debt payment to vote--and I don& #39;t--it& #39;s hard to defend how Florida& #39;s law actually works in practice. https://twitter.com/JonathanTopaz/status/1264682412786831366">https://twitter.com/JonathanT...