Headline Roundup • November 9th, 2018
Florida Restores Voting Rights to Nearly 1.5 Million Felons
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Florida voters approved a ballot measure that will restore voting rights to the state's nearly 1.5 million felons.
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Florida Approves Ballot Amendment to Restore Voting Rights of 1.4 Million People With Felony Records
Reason
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Amendment 4 will reverse Florida's more than 100-year-old law disenfranchising felons, a vestige of the state's racist "Black Codes."
Florida welcomes back its 1.5m 'returning citizens' after ex-felons regain voting rights
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Amendment 4 passed with strong bipartisan support by a large margin in a state notorious for razor-close elections
Florida approves ballot measure restoring felons' voting rights
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Florida voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to some 1.5 million people with felony convictions, ending a system that activists said
