ACLU of Florida: Federal Appeals Court Blocks Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration
ATLANTA, Florida, Feb. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida issued the following news release on Feb. 19:
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling blocking a Florida law that created wealth-based hurdles to voting and significantly curtailed Florida's Voting Restoration Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, which sought to end lifetime disenfranchisement and automatically restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians.
The law would have disenfranchised h . . .
ACLU of Florida Media Office, 786/363-2737, media@aclufl.org; Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, 212/284-7347, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org; Phoebe Plagens, NAACP LDF, 212/965-2235, pplagens@naacpldf.org; Julian Brookes, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, 646/673-6224, brookesj@brennan.law.nyu.edu
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling blocking a Florida law that created wealth-based hurdles to voting and significantly curtailed Florida's Voting Restoration Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, which sought to end lifetime disenfranchisement and automatically restore voting rights to 1.4 million Floridians.
The law would have disenfranchised h . . .