Historic Victory in Florida Voting Rights Case
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John, I have amazing news!
CLC and its partners just achieved a historic victory in Florida—a federal court has blocked a Florida law that would have denied hundreds of thousands of voters the ability to participate in the 2020 election, striking it down as unconstitutional. This is a landmark victory for voting rights!
CLC sued the state of Florida last year on behalf of three individual plaintiffs with past felony convictions—Bonnie ([link removed]) , Diane ([link removed]) and Lee ([link removed]) —and a class of all affected Florida citizens who were being denied the right to vote because they couldn't pay costs and fees associated with their prior convictions.
Now, for the first time, a federal court ruled that conditioning rights restoration on the payment of costs and fees constitutes a poll tax. CLC’s suit – the only one brought as a class action – ensured that today’s ruling applies broadly to all voters seeking voting rights restoration in Florida. This win for CLC’s clients and the plaintiff class is historic.
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Thanks to the tireless work of CLC and its partners, states can no longer deny people access to the ballot box based on unpaid court costs and fees, nor can they condition rights restoration on restitution and fines that a person cannot afford to pay.
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Onward,
Danielle Lang
CLC Co-Director, Voting Rights & Redistricting
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