“In effect this will disenfranchise people who are too poor to pay some of the costs that are associated with a conviction,” the ACLU attorney said.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that the efforts of Florida Republicans to change an amendment restoring rights for felons are"a poll tax by any other name." On Tuesday, a Florida House committee approved a bill that would require former felons to pay back all court fees, costs and “any financial obligation” before gaining eligibility to vote.
"The word ‘completion’ itself has all sorts of new requirements" that voters couldn't have anticipated, Julie Ebenstein, a Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU's Voting Rights project told Newsweek."This really looks like a modification and diminishment of the rights that Florida voters voted for," she continued.
"In effect this will disenfranchise people who are too poor to pay some of the costs that are associated with a conviction," Ebenstein said. Republicans have said they need direction from lawmakers regarding the implementation of the amendment.
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