Florida Felons Regain Voting Rights, But How Many Can Actually Pass the Hurdles, Then Register, and Finally Vote?

Florida voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to restore voting rights for an estimated 1.4 million people with felony records, and supporters of the measure are already mobilizing ahead of the 2020 presidential election to urge this group to vote......»»

The state currently bars anyone with a felony record from voting. With Election Day just a week away, there remain millions of citizens across the U.S. who are.....»»

raceAhead: Florida is Poised To Restore Voting Rights For Former Felons.....»»

Speaker Mike Johnson plans to hold separate votes on Ukraine aid and Israel aid, then bundle it together and send it to the Senate. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been threatening to call a vote on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson if he a.....»»

Though the letter doesn't explicitly name the bill, a Manchin aide told NBC that the duo are referring to the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Sen. Lis.....»»

While in Georgia, Biden thanked Abrams for her voting rights activism, saying that she was "empowering people to vote and to make their voices .....»»

The bill addresses elections supervisors’ use of ballot drop boxes, signature matching on mail-in ballots and a host of other administrative issues related to voting by mail and election administration......»»

Wells Fargo called for the creation of Federal Election Day as a national holiday to highlight the importance of the right to vote. Such a holiday could also make it easier for more Americans to vote. “Wells Fargo supports the right of eve.....»»

During a CNN interview, Warnock said that while passing an infrastructure bill is vital, protecting voting rights has to be a legislative priority. Sen. Re.....»»

Democrats and Republicans sparred Monday over statehood for Washington, D.C., with proponents saying residents were due full voting rights and critics calling it a partisan power grab and arguing the city’s unique status raised constitutional hurdles......»»

Latinos were the highest voting minority group in the 2020 election for the first time in US history. But they didn't vote as a monolith. Latinos were the largest minority group eligible to .....»»

Bruce Bartman pretended to be his dead mom to cast a ballot for President Donald Trum.....»»

Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images The House voted on Thursday to pass one of the most sweeping pro-worker bills in decades, but it's likely dead on arrival.....»»

The Equal Rights Amendment, as it's called, now has support from 35 states after Virginia's state legislature voted to pass it last week. Virginia's vote came after a record number of women were elected to the state legislature, including the fir.....»»

David Perez said getting the Voting Rights Act passed was important both professionally and personally because his parents were not allowed to vote when they lived in Cuba......»»

After years of failing to reach agreement, Florida lawmakers could be poised to pass legislation to establish a framework for “telehealth.” The Senate on Friday positioned for a vote the House’s telehealth bill (HB 23) after adding amendments.....»»

A bill that would have required vacation rental platforms to register as tax agents in Hawaii and collect and remit general excise and transient accommodation taxes on behalf of their hosts failed to pass the state Senate on a final vote. The Senate.....»»

Donald Trump-backed Rep. Ron DeSantis, fresh off his win in Florida’s GOP primary on Tuesday, issued a warning about voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum that some are calling a “racist dog whistle.”.....»»

After five extensions to a voting deadline, Oglethorpe Power finally joined in with the other owners of Plant Vogtle and voted to continue construction on the nuclear power plant that has drastically ballooned in price since construction began in 20.....»»

The 2018 midterm elections are just a week away, and millions of Americans are expected to head to the polls to exercise their right to vote. Voting is one of America's most .....»»