In Florida Path To Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights Has Been Fraught With Challenge
PBS NewsHour
Narrator PBS NewsHour
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Summary
Until 2018, Florida was one of only a few states that banned felons from voting for life. But that year, a two-thirds majority of the state passed an initiative to restore voting eligibility to felons who had served their sentences. It was a major victory for voting rights -- but the subsequent implementation has been fraught with legal battles, politics and confusion. Stephanie Sy reports.
Duration: 6 minutes (00:06:19) Publishing date: 2020-03-12; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —