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Voting Rights/Restoration of Rights and 
Articles about Prisons

• Our View: Ruling infuses new life into felon voting
• Covid-19 Stalls efforts to help people with felony convictions to vote.
• Federal judge guts Florida law requiring felons to pay fines before they can vote
• In Florida, felons must pay court debts before they can vote. But with no system to do so, many have found it impossible.
• Federal judge expands voting decision to apply to all ex-felons in Florida
• Ahead of Florida primary, 1.4 million former felons unsure whether they can vote in 2020
• ​The biggest voting rights win in recent US history – and the Republicans trying to thwart it
• ​Gov. Scott, clemency board appeal judge's ruling on felon voting rights
• Thousands of Florida felons wait decades to regain the right to vote​
• ​Florida's top court green lights voting right for felons ballot question
• Cerabino: Little tickets become big deal for some in Florida
• Campaign mounts for 'second chances,' restoring voting rights in Florida
• ​Floridians can help put a stop to denying ex-felons the right to vote
• ​Restore ex-felons’ voting rights — it’s the right thing
• ​Report: Florida an Outlier in Denying Voting Rights
• Unequal Sentences for Blacks and Whites
• Report: Felony convictions bar more than 1.5 million Floridians from voting
• ​State Officials Analyze Restoring Felons' Voting Rights
• Florida leads nation in disenfranchising former felons
• ​Florida's Former Felons Struggle To Vote This Election Year
• I'll be the Judge of that: How Jeb Bush enlisted in Florida's war on black voters
• ​How the South could 'un-choose' mass incarceration
• Voting Rights Act of 1965 Helps Black Voters Across the Board. Is It Enough?
• Report: Florida leads nation in disenfranchising offenders released from prison
• Context Florida, Martin Dyckman: Let's Celebrate July 4 by Restoring Felon's Voting Rights
• The Guardian/Jessica Chiappone: I Haven't Voted in Years Because I Once Went to  Jail
• NYTimes Editorial: 6 Million Americans Without a Voice
• Miami Herald Editorial: They paid their debt
• Amy Goodman: People of Color are Losing their Right to Vote

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Restoration of Voting Rights in Florida

Florida Rights Restoration Coalition offers extensive information on the restoration of rights for those convicted of a felon which include:

The Two Categories
Frequently Asked Questions
RCR Brochure
Application for Clemency
Check to See If Your Rights Have Been Restored