The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition said the issue is not simply “bureaucratic ineptitude” but a “years’ long campaign of acts and omissions ... that have thwarted the aspirations of the citizens of Florida who enacted Amendment 4...”
Nearly five years after Floridians voted to allow people with felony convictions to restore their voting rights, the coalition that pushed for the change is suing the state, arguing Florida created a system that impedes the will of the voters.
The amendment’s passage was hailed as a major civil rights victory, set to undo the post-Civil War prohibitionAt the time the amendment passed, it was estimated nearly 1.4 million Floridians would be eligible for restoration. The year after Amendment 4 was passed, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill requiring all felons hoping to restore their voting rights to first pay back all fines and fees. But Florida has no centralized way for a person to determine how much they owe, leaving Floridians questioning if they’re eligible. County clerks offices often have outdated information on someone’s fees, and county clerks calculate fees differently, according to the lawsuit..
The lawsuit names DeSantis as a defendant, along with Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, state corrections secretary Ricky Dixon, all supervisors of election and all county clerks and others.Along with the coalition, four individuals are also suing. They argue that they fear voting because of the disorganized rollout of Amendment 4, incorrect information they have been given by county clerks and the arrests pursued by the election crime office created by DeSantis.
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