Florida Action Committee (FAC)

A Writ of Certiorari has been filed to the Supreme Court of the United States, asking the highest court to hear Vasquez v. Foxx, a sex offender case out of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Vasquez case, which was previously reported on here. Upheld the eviction of two Illinois men who were required to register as sex offenders

SOURCE: The Statesman [FAC NOTE: Kudos to our friend, TX Attorney Richard Gladden for his role in this legal effort] At least four sex offenders in Texas have floated a new argument that has earned early legal victories. When the Beaumont police detective called him in 2014, Curtis wondered what the officer might want. His only run-in with the law

SOURCE: The Independent Florida Alligator. Murder and sex crimes. These are the two exceptions under which felons in Florida will be denied the right to vote. If Amendment 4 passes in the November elections, it will otherwise grant voting rights to all felons, who under current Florida laws are stripped of their voting rights after conviction. Murder and sex crimes

A new petition has been posted, asking the Florida candidates for Governor to restore voting rights for ALL Floridians. Please consider signing it: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/pledge-to-restore-voting-rights-for-all-floridians-2 You can also sign it below directly from this page:  

The sun has barely risen over Miami, and Dale Brown loads an orange shopping cart with everything he owns. Through the morning’s swampy heat, he pushes the cart to the edge of the railroad tracks, where he hauls the items one at a time into some overgrowth and covers them with branches. His tent from Wal-Mart, meticulously rolled and packed.