Jeb Bush Preventing out of state ex-felons from voting - Delaying Process
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Now Jeb Bush is Preventing Black People who have had their voting
rights restored in other States from voting--- 1,249 felons waiting to
vote
As many as 1,249 Floridians convicted of crimes in other states could be mistakenly barred from voting in November, despite a 2-year-old agreement by Florida election officials that was meant to return them to the rolls. The reason: lost paperwork and slow-moving bureaucracies. All 1,249 were convicted in states that automatically restore voting rights to felons who have completed their sentences.But civil rights lawyers who extracted the agreement from the state as part of a legal settlement two years ago say election officials are plodding unnecessarily, and the names should be restored automatically. [more]
As many as 1,249 Floridians convicted of crimes in other states could be mistakenly barred from voting in November, despite a 2-year-old agreement by Florida election officials that was meant to return them to the rolls. The reason: lost paperwork and slow-moving bureaucracies. All 1,249 were convicted in states that automatically restore voting rights to felons who have completed their sentences.But civil rights lawyers who extracted the agreement from the state as part of a legal settlement two years ago say election officials are plodding unnecessarily, and the names should be restored automatically. [more]
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