Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Demand #MoreThan4: A Petition to Restore Felon Voting Rights Without Discrimination Target: Andrew Gillum and Ron Desantis, Candidates for FL Governor Click here to sign this petition demanding an end to discrimination in voter re-enfranchisement. When prisoners called for a nationwide strike last month, access to the ballot was one of their primary demands. By now, as a result of

I was so badly hoping that I would be able to write a member submission that would, for once, have a positive outcome in regards to international travel. Sadly, this post has turned in to one that will provide a word of caution about traveling abroad. In 2009 I plead guilty in Florida to having consensual sexual contact with a

Here’s a scenario that happens frequently. We get a call or an email from a member that begins, “I just got back from registering and they told me I need to…” What follows, too often, is a description of some “requirement” that’s either a complete misinterpretation of the law or simply made up. Wanting to make sure the member simply

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to hear Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck. At issue in that case is: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 2nd Circuit erred in rejecting the Supreme Court’s state actor tests and instead creating a per se rule that private operators of public access channels are state actors subject to

The following link is to a story that is off topic but an inspiring read: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/magazine/felon-attorney-crime-yale-law.html Our day will come!