demosocialists are fighting back in florida

[fng]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...elons_voting_2

Fla. to Restore Felons' Voting Rights
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By CORALIE CARLSON, Associated Press Writer

MIAMI - Florida agreed to help restore voting rights to nearly 125,000 convicted felons who didn' t get enough advice on how to regain their rights when they walked free, officials said Thursday.



The agreement by the Department of Corrections will settle a case brought by civil rights groups. Leon County Circuit Court Judge P. Kevin Davey is expected to sign it by Friday.


About 94,000 of the felons will have to apply for a clemency hearing before the governor and Cabinet, but the rest can skip the hearing and will likely be able to vote within a year, said Randy Berg, lawyer for the Florida Justice Institute, one of the groups bringing the suit.


Florida is one of six states that deny ex-felons the right to vote unless they take steps to have their civil rights restored by the state.


" The Department of Corrections believes that every individual who is qualified to have his civil rights restored should have that opportunity," spokesman Sterling Ivey said.


The department acknowledged that offenders released between 1992 and 2001 did not get proper help on having their rights restored.


" Now they have to take that extra step and exercise their right to citizenship and exercise their right to vote," said Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) of Florida.


The system drew international attention during the bitter dispute over the 2000 presidential election, when some Florida voters claimed they weren' t allowed to cast ballots because they were mistaken for convicted felons.


About 95 percent of felons who request clemency are denied, and the system still needs further reforms, said Randy Berg, a lead counsel in the lawsuit for the Florida Justice Institute.


" It' s a drop in the bucket," Berg said. " The state needs to get rid of this antiquated, Jim Crow system."


The lawsuit was brought two years ago by the ACLU, the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators and other civil rights organizations.

[Carpicon]

What the hell?

This isn' t some obscure law buried four thousand pages deep in the Florida legal books right next to the one about not tying your aligator to a parking meter.

They' re FELONS!!! Screw them, let them figure it out themselves, or let them go to any one of the pro-bono leftie legal aid groups. They' re dying to sign people up for the Democratic party for free.

Just another example of how it' s the Democrats who have a monopoly on election fraud.

[fng]

Did you catch the wording of the one phrase " antiquated Jim Crow system..."

they' re even pulling the race card on this one.... They have ZERO shame.

[FlDeerman]

The Dem' s still haven' t forgotten 2000,they will take anyone into there party!

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Now all they gotta do is teach them about those damnable chads. [:@]

[Tazman]

Oh yea this is just what we need!!! Convicted felons voting!!!