No voting for registrants in Florida – Governor denies all pending clemency applications.
We are beginning to be notified by members who had pending applications for civil rights restoration that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has summarily DENIED all pending applications for restoration of voting rights for anyone with a murder or sex offense.
This is HORRIBLE!
The letters say:
Dear Mr XXXXXXX,
On March 10, 2021, the Governor exercised his clemency powers to deny the pending clemency applications of all murderers and felony sex offenders. Accordingly, the Governor has denied your request for clemency and your application has been closed.
Under the current Rules of Executive Clemency, you will be eligible to reapply for clemency on March 10, 2023, two years from the date of the denial.
There is no appeal process for the denial of a clemency request.
Sincerely,
XXXX
XXXX
Coordinator, Office of Executive Clemency
The denial of restoration of civil rights not only prevents impacted people from voting, but it also precludes them from obtaining certain professional licenses.
We need to fight this!!!
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When I lived in FLORI-DUH and was convicted, within 3 days after Conviction, I received a Registered Letter from the Head of the Voter Election System of Hillsborough County saying that I was “banned for life from voting”…..
—–I never signed for the letter….The Nice Letter Carrier just left it on my porch…He was a Cool Kat!
…Yes, they are the words….My Attorneys have this letter for safe keeping!
It just tells you the HATE THAT EXISTS IN FLORI-DUH, for those on the HIT LIST!
Make it Great Day!
Truth
Since you have that letter stating you cannot vote for life, I guess when the rest of us get our voting rights restored, we will have to have a special election to override your letter LOL
I think I also got some sort of letter like that like 30 years ago. Can’t remember though. If I did, I probably got mad and shredded it.
I registered to vote when I was 18 but I never got to vote because 6 months later I had gotten in trouble. That was 26 years ago. I do think it is horrible not given the chance to restore one’s voting rights especially after so many years but I am not powerless. Even though I can’t vote I still have the ability to influence my friends, family, and strangers who can vote and have them vote for me because I changed their minds.
JD:
You are absolutely correct. Whether you vote or not you can influence others and how they view the registry.
The single biggest thing that all registrants can do to create change is not to reoffend.
I am sorry that you have been deprived of your right to vote.