Federal Judge Rules Florida Clemency Process UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Florida is one of only four states which permanently disenfranchise felons. It is estimated that 1.5 Million Floridians have been stripped of their right to vote and one in five African Americans in the state can’t vote. The process to get voting rights restored is arbitrary, prolonged, unfair, subject to the whim of the Governor and his partisan cronies and as a Federal Court Judge for the Northern District of Florida decided yesterday; unconstitutional.
In a 43 page opinion, which can be read here, Judge Mark Walker did the right thing in ruling against Governor Rick Scott and correcting a grievous wrong that has taken place in our state for far too long!
Both sides have until February 12th to submit briefs on how to correct the wrong. So it remains to see how quickly our population (and all former felons) will be restored, but yesterday’s victory was incredibly significant!
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All felons should have the right to vote. Despite they’re charged I think if they paid their dues to society and upheld the law for Ten Years After off of probation All rights should be restored. This includes sex offenders that have not reoffend for at least 10 years after being released from probation and all requirements by the courts and at the time of their sentencing.
Correcting the wrong ? I can help both sides.
Pay attention because it’s a rather simple solution and I’m only going to say it once.
Ready ?…Finish your sentence and “everything” gets automatically restored regardless of your crime. How about that for constitutional ?
The U.S constitution is not a complicated document that’s written in ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics. It’s clear-cut English. Now be good little politicians for once and go brief that before the deadline will ya ? You’re welcome.