Comments on: Now that the ACLU and SPLC won on Voting rights. Is it our turn? https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/ Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jacob https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33340 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:05:54 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33340 Perils of comparing this movement to civil rights:

https://amp.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article243874057.html

]]> By: Brandon https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33339 Wed, 27 May 2020 18:30:17 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33339 I think all hope of having registered citizens allowed to vote will only occur in Florida when Lauren Book is out of office or has been so far out in the outfield that her bills look insane. I also believe the same thing about her father Ron. How many times has he been given a pass and still allowed to lobby. Let sleeping dogs lie in their alternative reality of deception!! Florida is a beautiful place to visit; yet not so much to live if you feel like everyday is walking through a minefield. I wish all of you the best in getting your right to vote back sooner than later!

]]> By: Media https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33338 Wed, 27 May 2020 15:43:41 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33338 I received a reply from Nancy Abudu, Deputy Legal Director at Souther Poverty Law Center, saying: “I too hope that one day a criminal conviction and financial obligations (regardless of ability to pay) will no longer be a barrier to anyone voting, period.”

All I have ever read or heard in person is that these groups and individuals truly plan on trying to expand the voting rights to every citizen of Florida. They all know it is the right thing to do.

If these people with their newly-acquired right-to-vote will register and vote, they could be a deciding vote for our cause.

]]> By: Media https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33337 Tue, 26 May 2020 14:12:06 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33337 In reply to John Carter.

So far, it appears that all three of my emails went through.

]]> By: Maestro https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33336 Tue, 26 May 2020 13:26:52 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33336 In reply to JZ.

Actually, there is outrage coming from the conservative side but neither conservatives nor liberals care about us.

]]> By: JZ https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33335 Tue, 26 May 2020 01:17:33 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33335 No, it’s not our turn. But it should be. I have to smile when I see all the outrage over the perceived unconstitutionally of lockdown conditions. Yet there is no outrage for the loss of our constitutional rights. We were the test case. Now the governments know they can implement unconstitutional laws with impunity under the guise of “public safety.” As a great man once said:

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
-Benjamin Franklin

]]> By: CherokeeJack https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33334 Mon, 25 May 2020 20:22:01 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33334 No I do not think we have to ask why. They threw us under the bus because they knew it would give the other ex-felons an edge. They were partly right, the voters went for it, at least enough for it to pass.

The bigger questions is, why the Governor hates ALL ex-felons? The short answer is, he wants to win again and wants the ex-Felon vote out of the equation.

Our chances to get to vote and to get off the registry are a toss up to which is more likely to happen first. I think they threw ex-murderers in there to make it seem they were not just picking on Ex Sex offenders, or as they call us, Sex offenders.

]]> By: John Carter https://floridaactioncommittee.org/now-that-the-aclu-and-splc-won-on-voting-rights-is-it-our-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-33333 Mon, 25 May 2020 20:01:05 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=13306#comment-33333 Send an email to both. I used the link for SPLC and got a returned email message as not able to deliver.

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