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(12,835 posts) Sat Jul 6, 2019, 08:41 AM Jul 2019

Florida governor signs bill requiring felons to pay court fees and fines to be eligible to vote [View all]

Florida felons will have to pay court-ordered financial obligations if they want their voting rights restored under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday. The legislation requires those with felony convictions to pay court fees and fines to be eligible to vote.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/felon-voting-rights-ron-desantis-florida-govenor-signs-bill-restricting-felon-voting-rights/

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Florida governor signs bill requiring felons to pay court fees and fines to be eligible to vote [View all] In It to Win It Jul 2019 OP

Directly opposed to what the voters approved. This is how the GOP 'wins.' Cheating. CurtEastPoint Jul 2019 #1

And by strange coincidence ... lpbk2713 Jul 2019 #2

if it looks like a Poll Tax and walks like a Poll Tax and stinks to hell like a Poll Tax Maine-i-acs Jul 2019 #3

Which means that all the crooked GOP voters will get back on their Baitball Blogger Jul 2019 #4

Poll Tax LiberalFighter Jul 2019 #5

Any chance that bluecollar2 Jul 2019 #6

a poll tax is a poll tax, pay to vote is pay to vote. I see no federal court upholding this beachbum bob Jul 2019 #7

Restitution is generally considered part of sentencing I believe. MichMan Jul 2019 #8

A poll tax, is a poll tax, is a poll tax. Once it gets into the federal courts, I think that this Stuart G Jul 2019 #9