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Why Florida's new voting rights amendment may not be as sweeping as it looks

  • Written by Victoria Shineman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Florida enfranchisement leader Desmond Meade registered to vote in January 2019.AP Photo/John Raoux

Florida used to have the nation’s strictest disenfranchisement law for people convicted of crimes classified as felonies.

In most states, voting rights are automatically restored after a person is released from prison, or after they finish...

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