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[-] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 39 points 8 months ago
[-] microphone900@lemmy.ml 22 points 8 months ago

The great thing about Florida is that the people voted to give them the right to vote back after prison but Republicans in the state's Congress hated that and did everything they could to stop it.

While voting rights CAN be restored, they ensured that the process to accomplish it was a Byzantine maze that could not be navigated. I don't just mean it's hard, I mean it's impossible because some of the requirements can't be met (eg they can't pay all court costs if the government doesn't know, or won't say, the amount owed).

Fuck the will of the people I guess.

[-] Moggy@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Your first problem was being in the South. Your second problem was expecting a red state to give rights to people. They're pretty big on taking them away. Nothing "Civil" about it.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Just for reference everyone reading has almost definitely committed multiple felonies. Three felonies a day was published 13 years ago, and while the title might be exaggerated, the argument is even more true today.

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