This story is being politicized and the people are getting caught in the middle. I'm pointing this out because the voters elected to allow felons to vote and the state put conditions that after time served, fines must be paid first. So its legally approved, however the state imposed the fine rule. Now, I don't find this to be realistic because most people that have served time are going to have to rebuild thier life and paying in some cases large fines is not even possible. That being said, I find it to be a positive element of the people lending in to help everyone out. The problem is they are politicizing this. They don't tell you HOW or WHO to vote for so this is what they are NOT saying. People still have a free vote. Its turning into bad press IMHO.
Many have been incarcerated for bloated drug laws and bad Sheriffs like Rick Bradshaw in Palm Beach County and we all know about Israel from Broward County, bad news. So thats that.
Last thing, this money goes directly to Florida, a state that does not have income tax and the funds will be used for all citizens and in some cases restitution to those victims of some cases. So its more than paying for votes, its complicated and unfortunate.
https://apnews.com/1bc5a068ccfc864854a186c143fc39cb
The group said other donors include John Legend, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Ben & Jerry’s, Levi Strauss & Co., the Miami Dolphins, the Orlando Magic, the Miami Heat and Stephen Spielberg.
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[–] Sprouted01 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
No one be should have the right to vote infringed upon. Maybe while incarcerated at the most but no one can be considered a free man so long as their first amendment rights are being infringed upon by the state.
Trump should have payed this off privately and made laws against this unconstitutional system of corrupting n designed to suppress votes in n his first year.
If he had what he would have done would have been the l right thing to do, and those guys would be voting republican, but instead they are likely to vote Democrat.