Saturday, August 27, 2022
Floridians charged over voting believed they were eligible, documents show
The delayed notification illustrates the byzantine bureaucracy Florida Republicans created in 2019 when they passed legislation to implement Amendment 4. In addition to laying out the murder and sexual crimes that would cause someone to permanently lose their voting rights, the measure, SB 7066, required people to repay outstanding fines and fees they owed before they could vote again. Extensive litigation over the measure ultimately exposed that Florida officials had no way of easily checking new registrants' eligibility and that there was no way for anyone uncertain of their status to figure out how much money they owed or if they were eligible.
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