The biggest voting rights win in recent US history – and the Republicans trying to thwart it

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Florida ended a Jim Crow voting law. A year later, people are still fighting for a voice

For 150 years, Florida had upheld a law that banned anyone convicted of a felony from voting, even after they had served the full sentence. The policy, rooted in the Jim Crow south, stood out as a stain on American democracy.

 

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Is there any better illustration of Republicans' racism than their struggle to disenfranchise former felons from Florida, many black, while simultaneously empowering the rich, white criminal in the White House?

The Guardian is meddling.

This is how Republicans manipulate elections. Much less spectacular than Cambridge Analytics.

Boycott Florida. The state is seriously messed up, not just the florida man stuff, but a lot of crap like this and they've really screwed up their environment. There are many other places to spend your money. boycottflorida

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