A federal appeals court rules to allow a group of former Florida felons to vote without the state-imposed mandate to pay fees.
February 19, 2020, 7:05 PMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.A federal appeals court upheld an injunction Wednesday that allowed a group of former Florida felons to vote without the state-imposed mandate to pay fees.ruled that Florida’s law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
John Legend , Desmond Meade , State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Public defender Carlos Martinez sit during a special court hearing aimed at restoring the right to vote under Florida's amendment 4, Nov. 8, 2019, in Miami. Wednesday’s decision on the injunction only applies to the 17 plaintiffs in the case, according to Nancy Abudu, the deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is representing two of the plaintiffs. Helen Aguirre Ferré"We disagree and will appeal en banc," shortly after the 11th Circuit’s decision on the injunction.
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