Article 42F5C Why It's Such a Big Deal That Former Felons Can Now Vote in Florida

Why It's Such a Big Deal That Former Felons Can Now Vote in Florida

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Beth Skwarecki
from Lifehacker on (#42F5C)
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Thanks to last night's vote, Florida will become the 48th state where people who have completed a sentence for felony are eligible to vote. (Kentucky and Iowa are the holdouts.) That means probably over a million people are granted the right to vote all at once-the largest such number since the 19th amendment.

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