Okay so back in 2018 an amendment was put to the ballot here in America's alligator and methhead fueled wang that would allow most* ex-felons in the State of Florida to regain their right to vote once they had completed their sentences. It passed and was pretty much the only thing I voted for in 2018 that went my way.
In 2019 the state government immediately started trying to cut the legs out from under it, passing a law that you didn't get your right to vote back until you paid off all associated fines and court fees.
Today the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling, declaring the requirement to essentially be a poll tax.
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...N24WCND3A7CFQ/
I'm assuming the Republicans will force it up to the Supreme Court by 2020 so Kavanaugh and Gorsuch will overrule, declaring that nobody in America has the right to vote if it makes Trump winning less likely as clearly laid out in the "Because I say so" amendment Trump just scribbled into the margins of the the Constitution with crayon.
Why does this matter? Because 10.4% of adults in Florida are disenfranchised due to being ex-felons, the highest percentage in the states. That's more then 1.6 million people. If "Florida Ex-Felons" were a state it would be bigger then Hawaii. Furthermore almost 1/4th (23.3%) of African Americans in Florida can't vote because of ex-felon status. And 85% of African Americans will vote for for anyone but Trump.
I roll my eyes at the Dems expecting some great Deus Ex Machina of new voters who we can't detect to rise up at the last second like the Ghost Army in Return of the King and vote Trump out of office but... this is a real one.
Florida went for Trump by inches in 2016. And you guys ain't getting the Blue Wall Rust Belt states back by running Bernie. Tipping Florida is one of the few ways Trump could really have the legs cut out from under him in 2020. Losing Florida really reduces your paths to victory in the old "First to 538" race. Only one President has won the Election without winning Florida since 1964.
*Exceptions were made for murder and sexual offenses.
In 2019 the state government immediately started trying to cut the legs out from under it, passing a law that you didn't get your right to vote back until you paid off all associated fines and court fees.
Today the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling, declaring the requirement to essentially be a poll tax.
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...N24WCND3A7CFQ/
I'm assuming the Republicans will force it up to the Supreme Court by 2020 so Kavanaugh and Gorsuch will overrule, declaring that nobody in America has the right to vote if it makes Trump winning less likely as clearly laid out in the "Because I say so" amendment Trump just scribbled into the margins of the the Constitution with crayon.
Why does this matter? Because 10.4% of adults in Florida are disenfranchised due to being ex-felons, the highest percentage in the states. That's more then 1.6 million people. If "Florida Ex-Felons" were a state it would be bigger then Hawaii. Furthermore almost 1/4th (23.3%) of African Americans in Florida can't vote because of ex-felon status. And 85% of African Americans will vote for for anyone but Trump.
I roll my eyes at the Dems expecting some great Deus Ex Machina of new voters who we can't detect to rise up at the last second like the Ghost Army in Return of the King and vote Trump out of office but... this is a real one.
Florida went for Trump by inches in 2016. And you guys ain't getting the Blue Wall Rust Belt states back by running Bernie. Tipping Florida is one of the few ways Trump could really have the legs cut out from under him in 2020. Losing Florida really reduces your paths to victory in the old "First to 538" race. Only one President has won the Election without winning Florida since 1964.
*Exceptions were made for murder and sexual offenses.
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