Florida Supreme Court rules convicted felons must pay fees before voting
[NOTE: Persons required to register still can not get their voting rights back]
Florida’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that convicted felons must pay all fees related to their sentences before voting. The court decided in its ruling that “all terms of sentence” includes not only terms of a person’s imprisonment and supervision, but also fines and other obligations imposed as part of a punishment.
Two-thirds of those whose voting rights would have been restored, will not be able to vote until they pay their fees. In many cases, that will mean never.
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What is hilarious, I just got paperwork yesterday from my county asking why I had not signed up for voter registration and even included a voter application with my name and address on it. Unreal
A small not on paperwork states ” Even though we sent you this, it is your responsibility to determine if you are eligible to vote. If you have any questions, contact the supervisor of elections.”
Funny too…4 days after I took a plea (dumb-ass thing I did-should have known better), I received a letter from the Head of Election of Hillsborough County, That I was removed from the Election Process for Life!…Yes it said Life….I still have the letter…It was sent Registered Mail to my home address….I no longer reside in the USA per se-thank goodness!
Make it a Great Day!
Not knowing what was going on in the ‘background’, I too received a letter asking me to apply to become a voter. I thought it was very strange but I went ahead and filled it out and submitted it. Two weeks later I was released from probation eleven years early. Later on I got a response to my application saying I was not eligible to vote. Go figure! As a side light, I committed my offense in Virginia but moved to Florida because of my father’s bad health and my mother needed help. I am no longer on the registry in Virginia and had I stayed there I could now vote. Florida is having a difficult time emerging from the ‘dark ages’.
perhaps they can file bankruptcy due to these costs associated with voting / sentence
Voting changes NOTHING. Both parties are complicit in this registry boondoggle, so even IF you were allowed to, your vote wouldn’t matter. Voting gives people this false sense of pride that somehow their values and opinions matter.
Then you get that silly “I voted” sticker.
Sit down. You’re just a sheep like the rest. The outcome has already been predetermined with the status quo sold to the highest bidder.
Did anyone really think this was going to be a slam dunk?? Make sure you check to see who the politicians are that are taking credit for doing such a good deed in letting felons get their voting rights back. When they come up for re-election, maybe they need to find a different job.
It’s not healthy to hate the behavior of politicians the way I do..
LoL I can agree. I hate them too because high pay cry babies kissing butt lying to people like we are buying a car and they they the salesperson. Screwed with pants on and they not on a registry hmmm but Trump I go for . . . A businessman and it’s funny how he tells them all about their bullshit. So 4-8-12 more years of him we get shit done 👍 lol ref. to FDR. .
So then, all those teenagers convicted of producing and distributing CP from “sexting” may as well not think much of the idea of turning 18. How dare they threaten the safety of the public with their nude pics.
That couple that got caught screwing in the back seat of a car (like many of us did in back in the day) are a serious risk to the safety of the poor, helpless public.
But go rob a bank at gun point and eventually you’ll be able to vote again. EXCELLENT!!!!