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Originally Posted by Bill Haywood
Reversing voter referendum on felon votes, article.
Yeah. This is not good. There will be a legal battle over the law, if it passes, but my first impression is that it will be tough to win for the good guys.
FWIW, I was one of the people who thought, and still thinks there’s hope for Florida in the coming election cycles. At its core, Florida is a rather progressive state (if you look back over the past two decades we have passed some good, progressive amendments to our constitution) but our legislature has been controlled by cretins due to voter suppression and gerrymandering. If you look at the amendments we’ve passed that I mentioned above, you see a citizenry wanting to do things that are good or progressive (amendments are passed with a super-majority), but for every single one, the legislature has come in behind us and acted in bad faith to undercut or negate the amendments effects. Also, the gubernatorial election margins have been razor thin every election. So this bill is disappointing and will certainly negate the impact of Amendment 4, but I’m still a Florida optimist.