Florida voters made history on Tuesday, amending their state constitution to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions once they complete their sentences. But there still could be hurdles facing the newly enfranchised Floridians, of whom there may be up to 1.4 million. In Florida’s August primary, turnout among formerly incarcerated people who had their voting rights restored was three-quarters of the statewide average, the Brennan Center found. Still, the state could make it difficult for people to regain their voting rights. If that percentage is the same in 2018, Mauer estimated that the number of people eligible to get their voting rights back would drop from 1.4 million to about 840,000.

Source: Huffington Post November 08, 2018 20:15 UTC