.@MikeBloomberg has raised $16M to help ex-felons in Florida pay fines so they can vote in November.
The funds will fuel a voter program that has identified 32,000 mostly Black and Latino voters who would otherwise be disenfranchised.
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
"The voice of the people is the ultimate basis for our democracy. Floridans overwhelmingly voted in 2018 to restore voting rights to people who had served their time..." - @RepValDemings
(Cont'd)..."During dark times in our history, millions of Americans have been denied their voting rights by unconstitutional poll taxes and tests like those imposed now by the Florida GOP..." - @RepValDemings
(Cont'd)..."I strongly support national and grassroots efforts to fulfill the intention of Amendment 4, reject GOP sabotage of that effort, and restore the voices and votes of our fellow citizens." - @RepValDemings
"Republicans & Democrats alike overwhelmingly supported this initiative in 2018, because in America, you get a second chance..." - @steveschale
(Cont'd)..."I’ve long contended the political calculations on this are overblown - what’s important here is tens of thousands of our fellow citizens who have paid their debt to society can now with confidence participate in the November elections." - @steveschale
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