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Advocates, Florida officials vow to register disenfranchised voters despite governor's objections
Advocates, Florida officials vow to register disenfranchised voters despite governor’s objections
Amendment 4, which restored the right to vote to 1.4 million Floridians with felony convictions, is set to be implemented Tuesday.
Addy Baird
Jan 7, 2019, 7:01 pm
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA — Advocates and local officials promised Monday that the 1.4 million Floridians previously deprived of their voting rights due to felony convictions will be able to register to vote when the amendment that restored their right is officially implemented Tuesday, no matter what Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis (R) says.
Last month, DeSantis, who will be inaugurated Tuesday, said he believes Amendment 4 should not be implemented without input from the state legislature, delaying the fulfillment of the voter-approved measure by at least two months and further disenfranchising returning citizens. But on the eve of Amendment 4’s scheduled implementation, advocates were defiant.
“When [we] walk into the county supervisors offices tomorrow, we’re walking in under the authority of the highest law in the state of Florida, which is our state constitution,” Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), said on a call with reporters Monday. “We are fully expecting every [county] to follow the law. We’re not expecting anyone to stop us.”
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https://thinkprogress.org/florida-voting-rights-amendment-desantis-d3e4d030bd73/
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I knew the Rs would try to block it. Kudos to FL SoEs for standing tall! 
