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Fritz Walter

(4,373 posts)
12. Haven't you heard?
Fri Aug 28, 2020, 04:11 PM
Aug 2020

Just yesterday, the Repuke-appointees to SCOTUS decided to allow Florida to place voting restrictions on ex-felons:

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Florida to block more than a million convicted felons from voting if they have outstanding court fines and fees after serving time behind bars. The justices chose not to overturn a hold on a federal appeals court ruling that would have enfranchised the voters.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan dissented. In her opinion, Sotomayor wrote that the high court's ruling "continues a trend of condoning disenfranchisement."

During the 2018 midterm elections, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that granted certain non-violent felons the right to vote. The measure, known as Amendment 4, restored eligibility to an individual "after they complete all terms of their sentence."
Source: CBS News. Emphasis added.

The purge is already underway. That's why we need to get each and every blue-vote cast and counted.

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