Pardon Blocked For Florida Felons’ Rights Leader Desmond Meade
DeSantis and Patronis on Wednesday blocked Meade’s request for a pardon, with DeSantis saying the panel should take the issue “under advisement” until it can gather more information. Fried supported granting the pardon, while Moody recused herself.
Meade, executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, has achieved international acclaim as an advocate for Amendment 4, a constitutional amendment that restored voting rights to felons “upon completion of all terms of sentence including probation and parole.” Nearly two-thirds of Florida voters approved the amendment in 2018.
The state’s labyrinthine and years-long clemency process prompted Meade and other advocates to initiate the constitutional amendment, which enabled Meade to cast a ballot in last month’s primary elections.
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Let’s face it, it is Governor DeSantis’ effort to keep as many tax paying citizens as possible from voting or having full citizenship restored. “Further study” is a ploy used by bureaucrats to delay a decision they don’t have the fortitude to make, especially when they do not have a valid reason to deny voting rights or a pardon.
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I do not think it is a Republican or a Democrat issue. Neither side (Politically speaking) or anyone in between wants Felons, especially sex offenders, to vote.
They are afraid we could sway things in our favor and they will do anything in their power to suppress us. That is the REAL reason we are being held down from voting.
Why do you think black people could not vote for so long. How dare they try and drink from a water fountain or use a white man’s bathroom. (Their words not mine).
Felony Voting Law as written the day I was let go by the state, “15 years with no arrest voting rights automatically restored. Period. How is it I am forced to remain disenfranchised? How is it the law is rewritten after the fact. Good Luck America! At this point I could give a…..