Florida Republicans pass a measure to clarify Amendment 4, which gives felons the right to vote.
Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday joined Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in denouncing a Republican-sponsored bill in the Florida legislature that would require felons seeking to have their voting rights restored to pay back the state for the cost of their trials.
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election... shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax."— Hillary Clinton March 20, 2019 Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., also decried the measure, describing it as a ploy by Republicans to keep felons who have already repaid their debt to society from participating in the vote.
— Kamala Harris March 20, 2019 The bill, which passed the Criminal Justice Committee of the Florida House on Tuesday, would require ex-convicts to repay the state the costs of their trials, which could amount to thousands of dollars, in order to have their right to vote restored. Until this year, Florida generally disenfranchised felons for life. A constitutional amendment to allow them to regain the right to vote passed with the support of 64 percent of the voters last year.
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