Posted on Sep 22, 2020
Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote
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DeSantis and Florida state Republicans filed a lawsuit to deprive felons the right to vote until their court costs were paid contrary to a state amendment passed overwhelmingly to allow felons the right to vote. Mike Bloomberg just paid the court costs for over 32,000 felons, mostly minorities, who now have the right to vote in this year's election.
Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote
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How nice of him. Now maybe he can pay the medical bills of the hardworking Americans who have been devasted by losing their jobs with a severe illness which they had no control over.
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SGT (Join to see) Bloomberg is an idiot. I thought felons were not allowed to vote unless their rights were restored.
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SGT Edward Wilcox -
You are only partially correct. After the amendment was passed, it required a law to implement it. The law approved the return of right to vote, but the stipulation was they had to pay off court fines and other fees including if they had to reimburse the victims. Democrats fought this but the courts ruled that it was reasonable.
You are only partially correct. After the amendment was passed, it required a law to implement it. The law approved the return of right to vote, but the stipulation was they had to pay off court fines and other fees including if they had to reimburse the victims. Democrats fought this but the courts ruled that it was reasonable.
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SGT Edward Wilcox
MSG (Join to see) - Wrong. It needed no additional legislation to go into effect. The Republican controlled state legislature created the law to subvert the will of the people, the Republican Governor signed it, and several other courts have struck it down.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
We overwhelmingly passed a law to restore their voting rights and that scared state GOP so, after the fact, they passed a law that said despite what voters wanted felons had to pay all fines first. Interestingly many counties didn't have the faintest idea what fines were owed so those felons could vote. But for those who had known listed fines Bloombergs action now allows these people to do as the voters wanted. If allowing people to do as voters wanted makes someone an idiot in your mind, so be it!
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SGT Edward Wilcox -
I live in Florida and I followed the bill from start to finish. Your information is incorrect.
I live in Florida and I followed the bill from start to finish. Your information is incorrect.
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SFC William Farrell
Im glad I was out of NYC long before he was Mayor SGT Robert Pryor. I was close to him a few years ago at a 911 observance. I wanted to tell him what an ass he is!
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