Florida rules for the ability of ex-felons to register to vote are mired down in unresolved issues. The legislature in 2019 passed a bill saying they can’t register if they owe any unpaid restitution, fines, or court costs. Then a U.S. District Court ruled that if ex-felons can’t afford to pay, they must be allowed to register. The state has appealed that decision to the Eleventh Circuit.

In the meantime, county election officials are stepping in, at least is Hillsborough County. See this story, which explains how the county government is helping ex-felons to handle the ambiguity, and also how private organizations are helping pay unpaid obligations. Of course, this creates a situation in which voting rights depends on which county an individual inhabits, which is something that the U.S. Supreme Court condemned in 2000 in Bush v Gore.