Eleventh Circuit Expedites Lawsuit Over Whether Florida Must Have Objective Standards for Ex-Felons to Regain Voting Rights

The Eleventh Circuit is expediting the case Hand v Scott. The oral argument will be in late July. This is the case over whether the Constitution demands that Florida must have objective standards concerning how ex-felons apply to regain voting rights. Although last week the Eleventh Circuit had stayed the order that the state come up immediately with objective standards, the Eleventh Circuit has not yet decided the big issue in the case.


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