If requiring felons to pay all their legal fees before regaining voting rights is unconstitutional, then so is the 2018 amendment voters approved that allows felons to vote, attorneys representing the state of Florida said Tuesday before the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Attorney Charles Cooper argued Amendment 4, as presented to voters, specifically said the right to vote would be restored after all “all terms of sentence” were completed.
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