Tribe on FL's illegal poll tax on released felons and upcoming ACLU litigation (YEAH)

[hlthe2b]

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Link to tweet

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new state law that creates wealth-based hurdles to voting and undermines Floridians’ overwhelming support for Amendment 4.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I agree with Tribe. I could understand withholding car registration or drivers' licenses.

Those are privileges, not rights like voting.

[lark]

2. Wow, so happy to see this.

DeSantis and the other Fl asshole repugs just overturned the wishes of 65% of the state of FL by adding this illegal and blatant attempt at poll rigging by making it so that poor people can't vote. They charge outrageous speeding fines, fines for going to court for not being able to pay speeding fines, where they add on more fines and issue bench warrants - all for the sin of having a car and being poor. If you get pick up n taken to jail for this, it's a misdemeanor, probation, and more fines. Probation says you have to work, but also have to be able to drop everything and come to them when they call, whether or not you are still working, so people either lose their jobs or fail to keep the appointments. So called justice is all bout $$ for the state and that's pretty much it, so now people can't vote because their car had a broken tail light and they're poor. I really hate the PTB in this state, they are ll RW Russian Repugs and are anti-worker, anti-poor and pro rich and white straight men only. Hope the ACLU wins big.

[Phoenix61]

3. What makes it really difficult for the felon is

there is no central place they can check to see if all fines have been paid as they are handled by each court. So someone who was released 20 years ago may not remember if they paid every penny. Some fines are converted to liens on property that would have to be paid off and then the title cleared before one could vote.