Ex-Felon Voting Rights w/ Joe Klock, Grant Stern, AJ Hill, and Joe Stone

Florida is one of only four states that permanently bans convicted felons from ever voting again in their life. The other three are Kentucky, Iowa, and Virginia. Why is Florida an outlier in restoring felon's rights? When the federal reconstruction amendments 13,14,15th were written they were intended to grant freedom to former slaves. The 1867 Federal Reconstruction Act mandated Florida along with 9 other southern states to write a new state constitution that would include voting rights for black men. Florida intentionally limited theses new rights by adding language in article 14, section 2 of its constitution imposing a lifetime voting ban for people with felony convictions. Today 1/3 of Americans denied the right to vote are African American Between 1996 and 2008, twenty-eight states changed their laws on felon voting rights, mostly to restore rights or to simplify the process of restoration. In 2007, Florida's Republican Governor Charlie Crist pushed to make it easier for most convicted felons to regain their voting rights. In 2011, however, Republican Governor Rick Scott reversed the 2007 reforms. A Felon rights initive was able to gather 766,200 signitures to put this question to the voters of Florida. Should felons be permanently banned after they serve their time? Does it violate their constitutional rights ? Where there is injustice for one there is injustice for all . Welcome to Felony Miami. Let's air it out.

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Ex-Felon Voting Rights w/ Joe Klock, Grant Stern, AJ Hill, and Joe Stone is an episode from Felony Miami by JS.

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This episode was published on Mar 26, 2018.

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