Defense lawyer: State high court ruling undermined Miami-Dade program restoring felons' voting rights • Florida Phoenix The public defender in Florida’s largest county testified Tuesday that a Florida Supreme Court opinion in January caused the county to shut down a “rocket docket” providing a convenient path for felons who have served their time to see their voting rights restored. After the passage of Amendment 4 in 2018 and a subsequent law […]

“We told them, ‘You’re in the clear,’ but the Florida Supreme Court, in an advisory opinion, now says, ‘Well, not exactly.'" #FLSupremeCourt #FLAmendment4 #Florida

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