Federal Court Tosses Florida’s Poll Tax; Formerly Incarcerated People Can Vote in 2020
A federal court struck down a Florida law which denied individuals with prior felony convictions the right to vote if they could not afford to pay certain fees and fines. Tuesday’s decision may ultimately restore the right to vote for some 1.4 million Floridians who would have otherwise been eligible to vote but for the law making that right contingent upon their ability to pay off outstanding fines, fees and restitution.
You can read the 78-page opinion by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit here.
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