Ex-Felons Can Now Register and Vote In Florida (generation, felony, party)

[biggunsmallbrains]

Shouldn’t all Americans be able to vote?

[carterstamp]

Originally Posted by mightleavenyc

Miami Dade was counting their votes anyways even when they couldn't vote so this has little impact

Link? Proof? anything?

[sware2cod]

Originally Posted by KS_Referee

Heck, many ex-felon can have their firearms rights automatically restored after 7 or 10 years of completing their entire sentence and parole. Only certain classes, violent felons, are prohibited for life.

Gun rights of felons varies by state. Maybe your state has the 7-10 year rule.

https://people.howstuffworks.com/can...ed-states3.htm

Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Washington ban felons from possessing firearms. Florida and Idaho bar felons from guns unless their rights are restored. Oregon and New York do, too, but Oregon exempts certain offenses....

other state laws listed in above link

Back to felon's voting rights. I think Iowa and Kentucky are the remaining states which don't give felons their right to vote back after a certain point.


https://www.wsj.com/articles/push-to...ky-11548259251

[Bobdreamz]

If you want to see how insane the clemency process was under Rick Scott fast forward to the 6:30 minute mark below :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpPyLcQ2vdI&t=1s

What a dirt bag Scott is!

[Bobdreamz]

Originally Posted by sware2cod

In Florida, it was the voters that chose to allow felons the right to vote, not the Governor or FL legislature.

The Republican Governor was against it, but voters made the choice.

Yes we had to amend the State Constitution to allow ex-felons the right to vote again.

[TwoByFour]

Most states (35) allow people who have served their sentence to vote again, including convicted felons. So Florida is not doing anything unusual.

[earthlyfather]

President Trump and Senator Rubio's strong stand against Madura will create a ground swell of hispanic support.

Checkmate!

Edit: It just occurred to me that you naturally assumed that a convicted felon will naturally vote Democrat. Very interesting tell. I'm sure you have a good excuse, masquerading as a reason, for that presumption.

Originally Posted by Tonyafd

Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd announced this morning that 1.4 million convicted felons who have served their time may now register to vote, and vote. This constitutional change was made in a referendum back in November. It required 60% to pass. It got 65%.


Turn Florida blue. Register and vote.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

criminals vote democrat?

Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD

That’s a silly question. Of course they do.

yes, it was. but it was merely rhetorical.

Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD

If you were a criminal, would you rather the party that believes in law and order, or the party that thinks our laws are just “suggestions”?

the latter, of course.

[sean1the1]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

criminals vote democrat?

Let's hope they do in Florida. Turn Florida Blue!

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

criminals vote democrat?

Vast majority of them don't vote at all, but those who do, typically vote Dem. In this case we are talking about several hundred thousand new votes for Dems.