Florida AG calls for investigation into Bloomberg-backed felon voting rights effort; the former mayor helped raise at least $16M for felons to pay off outstanding legal fines and fees.
"The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and no American should be denied that right. Working together with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, we are determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that has always driven it," Bloomberg said in a statement on Tuesday after the initiative was announced.
"It is a felony [under Florida statute] for someone to either directly or indirectly offer something of value to impact whether or not someone votes," Gaetz told Fox News."You have the question of whether or not paying someone restitution and court costs constitutes something of value." Representatives for Bloomberg and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
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