Nation May 16 Watch 4:19 Is COVID-19 delaying the fight for voting rights in Florida? In Florida, people with felony records are fighting to regain their voting rights. But the coronavirus has made that struggle more difficult. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke to Desmond Meade of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition about what effect the… By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green
Politics Apr 08 Former felons in Florida still fighting for voting rights Under Florida’s 2019 law, at least 774,000 former felons are still ineligible to vote in the state due to outstanding debts, according to a report. By Candice Norwood
Nation Oct 13 Watch 11:12 Florida could soon restore voting rights to over 1 million felony offenders This Election Day, more than six million Americans will be unable to vote due to a felony conviction. A quarter of those people live in Florida, which has some of the most restrictive laws regarding felony disenfranchisement in the country. By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green