Amendment 4 would allow abortions before viability, but it would still require parents to be notified if a minor has an abortion. Apr 1, 2024 Florida Supreme Court to likely rule on proposed marijuana, abortion amendments Monday Morgan Rynor reports the high court must decide whether the wording...
The two amendment proposals that have drawn the most attention are Amendments 3 and 4, which will decide marijuana legalization and abortion rights in the state. Two of seven justices on the Florida Supreme Court are also on the ballot in a retention election, as are some circuit and county...
Florida felon voting activist Meade gets civil rights back FILE - In this July 29, 2019, file photo, Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, talks about Amendment 4 during a news conference at the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office in Miami...
BREAKING: Amendment 4 in Florida has just PASSED!YES! YES! YES!1.4 million former felons who had been banned from voting for life will all now be granted back their voting rights. A HUGE and hard fought victory. One of the most important of our lifetime.— Shaun King (@shaun...
million ex-felons. The language ofAmendment 4stated: “any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.” Note, this does not say anything about fees or ...
Neil Volz, the deputy director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, who helped Brandes with Amendment 4, said in a statement that Friday's ruling, "strengthens our resolve to continue to place people over politics." The ruling in Wood's case is the first disposition of the 18 cases...
Examination of Voting Rights Restoration in the State of FloridaThe research examines Amendment 4 and efforts for voting rights restoration in Florida. Politically, Florida has history of being a swing state. The disenfrancAustin, SharonSaintil, TaishaSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
The office sought out 20 formerly incarcerated residents who’d registered to vote and cast a ballot in the 2020 election, even though they thought they were allowed to vote under 2018’s Amendment 4—a constitutional amendment that reinstated suffrage for convicted felons. Amendment 4 excludes ...
“Today we saw the politicization of Amendment 4,” said Neil Volz, political director with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which pushed the voting rights initiative onto last year’s ballot. “When partisan politics gets involved, the people lose.” ...
DeSantis and Republicans contend that Amendment 4 goes too far and urged their supporters to vote the measure down. The governor’s administration has taken the highly unusual step of using taxpayer money to create a website that says passage of the amendment would...