Desmond Meade was recalling to a church congregation in Apopka, Florida, earlier this month a dark time in his life. "Not too long ago, I was standing in front of the railroad tracks, waiting for a ...

Nearly 1.5 million former felons in Florida will no longer be permanently disenfranchised. With the passage of Constitutional Amendment 4, former felons, excluding those convicted of murder and sexual ...

DORAL, Fla. — For years, the state of Florida did not allow Clarence Office Jr. to vote. Florida Felons Once Denied Rights Begin Registering to Vote On Tuesday, when a historic amendment to the ...

A mistake Rynn Young made decades ago, when he was just a teenager, cost him the right to vote. Twenty-one years after his drug possession conviction, he got his ballot back when newly elected ...

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into law on Friday significant restrictions to the recently restored voting rights of people with felony convictions, prompting the American Civil Liberties ...

People from across the country flock to Florida for the endless warm weather and miles of beaches, but as the November presidential election inches closer, people are turning their heads to the state ...

A federal civil rights trial began this week that will determine the voting rights of Floridians with felony convictions. You may remember that a year and a half ago, Florida voters overwhelmingly ...

Last fall Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pardoned Chuck Colson, a former Nixon aide and convicted Watergate felon, thereby restoring Colson’s full civil and voting rights. I urge Gov. Gary Locke to begin his ...

(CNN) — While Florida generally makes it challenging for people in the state with felony convictions to regain their voting rights, former President Donald Trump had no issue casting a ballot for ...

Sept 11 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Florida can require felons to pay all fines, restitution and legal fees they face before they can regain their right to vote, reversing ...