Eleventh Circuit Agrees with U.S. District Court that Ex-Felons Who Can’t Afford to Pay Restitution and Fines Must be Allowed to Register to Vote

On February 19, the Eleventh Circuit issued a 78-page ruling in Jones v Governor of Florida, 19-14551. By a vote of 3-0, it upholds the injunction issued earlier by the U.S. District Court, holding that Florida ex-felons who cannot afford to pay restitution, fines, and court costs, must be allowed to register to vote. Here is the ruling.

The three judges on the case are R. Lanier Anderson, a Carter appointee; Stanley Marcus, a Clinton appointee, and visiting U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein, a Carter appointee. The decision says that heightened scrutiny applies to this Equal Protection case. It also came close to asserting that the Florida restriction, at least as applied to the particular plaintiffs, is not even rational.

The case is not over. There will be a trial in U.S. District Court. But in the meantime, the state will need to set up machinery for determining which ex-felons can afford to pay, and which cannot. Evidence so far in this case suggests that 80% of ex-felons cannot afford to pay court costs, restitution, or fines in their cases. It is likely that 1,000,000 individuals can now seek to register to vote.


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Eleventh Circuit Agrees with U.S. District Court that Ex-Felons Who Can’t Afford to Pay Restitution and Fines Must be Allowed to Register to Vote — 5 Comments

  1. Closer than ever to Civil WAR II —

    another LARGE State to be taken over by RED communist donkeys —

    END of USA Senate — ???

  2. Another RED communist perversion of 14 AMDT EPC —

    All sorts of laws involve income/assets for *rights* / privileges / immunities.

    14 Amdt-1 NOT involved in definition of Elector-Voter in States.

    See Senate debate 1866 esp about 14-2 — attempt to have universal adult male USA Citizen Electors-Voters.

    sorry nonwhites until 15 Amdt

    sorry females until 19 Amdt.

    sorry 18-20 folks until 26 Amdt.

    Uniform POSITIVE definition of Electors-Voters in ALL of USA — States/ DC/ colonies –

    USA Citizen, 18 plus years olde — NOOO mental/criminal machinations.

  3. Will TYRANT Trump declare that FL has been taken over by black felons ???

    Olde white retired Elephants in FL about to flee to Texas / Arizona ???

    Even more secession pressures ???

  4. RE- possible mere 1,000,000 more Fl voters

    2016 Prez Fl

    4,617,886 49.02% Trump, REP
    4,504,975 47.82% Clinton, DEM
    207,043 2.20% Johnson, LBF
    64,399 0.68% Stein, GPF
    25,736 0.27% OTHERS OTH
    9,420,039 100.00% Total Votes


    More Donkey Cons than Elephant Cons ??? Duh.

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