Federal appeals court rules against Florida's restriction on former felons from voting over fines

February 19, 2020, 7:05 PMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.A federal appeals court upheld an injunction Wednesday that allowed a group of former Florida felons to vote without the state-imposed mandate to pay fees.ruled that Florida’s law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

John Legend , Desmond Meade , State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Public defender Carlos Martinez sit during a special court hearing aimed at restoring the right to vote under Florida's amendment 4, Nov. 8, 2019, in Miami. Wednesday’s decision on the injunction only applies to the 17 plaintiffs in the case, according to Nancy Abudu, the deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is representing two of the plaintiffs. Helen Aguirre Ferré"We disagree and will appeal en banc," shortly after the 11th Circuit’s decision on the injunction.

Now realDonaldTrump will be inviting aloooot of interesting people to Mar-a-lago 👀

AIN’T OVER YET...WHAT THEY EXPECT TAX $$$ TO PAY THE FELONS FINES..AS OLD SAYING GOES...PUT UP OR SHUT UP...PAY YOUR FINES AND QUIT MAKING IT A FUC**N RACE ISSUE EVERY TIME PEOPLE (in this case felons of all sorts) DON’T GET THEIR WAY..!!

Fees = poll tax.

Institutional RACISM can’t be VOTED AWAY! Only SOVEREIGNTY protects Blackmen from America’s domestic & foreign policies! SOVEREIGNTY is Freedom! BlackVote Blackwomen ProjectSeparation BlackExodus 8States

Haha take that GOV Desatoast

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Florida Republicans tried to keep people from voting even after voters decided they should be able to. Bottom line.

Why not... Trump is president, anything goes.

Great news Florida

Was skeptical of GOP support for reinstating felon’s voting rights. Was vindicated when I heard about the FEES they wanted.

A victory for all Americans

Good job, Florida!

If you are a former felon and you have been pardon why should you pay a fee That's what pardon means YOU SEE JESUS PARDON ME OF MY SIN HE paid the debt for me I owe nothing What I want to hear from HIM Well done good and faithful servant

Yeah, let's price people out of voting. Why would anyone think this is a good idea? Democracy is a joke to some.

Fuck no!

Hell yeah, and hopefully most of them will remember establishment democrats HillaryClinton JoeBiden MikeBloomberg and republican policies put most of them in prison in the 1st place. Bernie2020 proviewsusa CapaTosta122 mplspat kgopinion

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