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jorgevlorgan

(8,286 posts)
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:22 PM Sep 2020

Bloomberg is beginning to pay felon's outstandingfees in Florida so they can vote

This is after Florida's court ruled that requiring those fees to be paid does not amount to a poll tax because it is not related to their voting. However now Florida is trying to raise a criminal inquiry against Bloomberg accusing him to pay people to vote because he is paying their legal fees. The twitter person here is making a great argument about how if it isn't actually a poll tax and is unrelated to voting, then this shouldn't be a problem. But if Florida continues to allege that Bloomberg paying these peoples' fees is helping them vote, they are admitting it is actually a poll tax and an illegal law.


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Also hella props for Bloomberg for stepping up like this.
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