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Florida GOP: Voting Is A Privilege, Not A Right

We need your help to keep providing free videos! Support the Majority Report's video content by going to   / majorityreport   In this Majority Report clip, Florida Republicans strike a major blow against voting rights. Watch the Majority Report live M–F at 12 p.m. EST at    / samseder   or listen via daily podcast at http://Majority.FM "With Florida’s primary election quickly approaching, the state’s supreme court ruled it was constitutional to place restrictions on up to 1.4 million former felons who regained the right to vote in the state last year. Thursday’s advisory opinion lends legal support to a Republican measure that requires Floridians with felony convictions in their past to repay all fines, fees and obligations ordered as part of their sentence to the state before they can cast a ballot. If it remains in place, this could disenfranchise an estimated 80% of the newly enfranchised Floridians who had won the right to vote through Amendment 4, a constitutional amendment that passed with majority support in 2018. The opinion is a blow to voting rights advocates and a win for Republicans who imposed restrictions on one of the most significant expansions of the right to vote in a generation. If carried out, this could affect the outcome of the upcoming presidential election since Florida is a politically competitive state where just a few thousand people can swing an election."* Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2... Download our FREE app: http://majorityapp.com SUPPORT the show by becoming a member: http://jointhemajorityreport.com LIKE us on Facebook:   / majorityreport   FOLLOW us on Twitter:   / majorityfm   SUBSCRIBE to us on YouTube:    / samseder