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Why Florida's new voting rights amendment may not be as sweeping as it looks

  • Written by Victoria Shineman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Why Florida's new voting rights amendment may not be as sweeping as it looksFlorida enfranchisement leader Desmond Meade registered to vote in January 2019.AP Photo/John Raoux

Florida used to have the nation’s strictest disenfranchisement law for people convicted of crimes classified as felonies.

In most states, voting rights are automatically restored after a person is released from prison, or after they finish...

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