Absolutely horrendous decision by SCOTUS. This disenfranchise more than 800,000 people. It is a poll tax. Is there a group that we can donate to help pay these fees? I'll donate money right now to help people be able to vote.
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Supreme Court temporarily blocks felons from voting in Florida
Voting rights groups told the Supreme Court that Florida's system amounts to a "poll tax" that violates the 24th Amendment to the Constitution.
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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court refused Thursday to let Florida felons who have completed their sentences vote in an upcoming primary without first paying fees, fines and restitution, as the state requires.
Voting rights groups had challenged the requirement as unconstitutional, given that state voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2018 giving hundreds of thousands of felons the right to vote. Now it will remain in effect while the case is heard next month by a federal appeals court.
The unsigned order was opposed by liberal Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan. Sotomayor said it "prevents thousands of otherwise eligible voters from participating in Florida's primary election simply because they are poor."
"Under this scheme, nearly a million otherwise-eligible citizens cannot vote unless they pay money," Sotomayor said, calling it a "voter paywall."
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Help Florida's Returning Citizens Pay Fines and Fees
Donate today to help people with past convictions in Florida pay their fines and fees so they can move on with their lives.
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