Felon Voting Rights

Desmond Meade was recently named as a MacArthur Foundation fellow for 2021 — commonly known as a “genius" grant. He discusses honor and his activism in passing Amendment 4 in 2018.

Meade led the successful 2018 effort to enact Amendment 4 in 2018.

Hundreds of thousands of Floridians could be eligible to get their civil rights restored.

Tens of thousands of returning citizens could vote in this year's election after serving time for felony convictions.

Desmond Meade voted for in his first presidential election ever on Saturday.

Bloomberg has vowed to pump more than $100 million into Florida to assist Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential bid, and Attorney General Ashley Moody contends the assistance to the coalition could be a violation of laws against offering incentives to people or groups in exchange for voting in a particular manner.

Desmond Meade rose from addiction, homelessness, and prison to run a campaign to re-enfranchise more than one million Florida voters; it's a tale of hope, persistence, and the power of organizing.

Florida Rights Restoration Coalition executive director Desmond Meade was instrumental in restoring voting rights for former felons.

Felons are finding it difficult to come up with the money necessary to allow them to vote.

A traveling Smithsonian exhibit is now on view in Sarasota. A related event includes a collaboration with the NPR program, 1A.

A lawyer for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said under questioning by a federal appeals court Tuesday that felons in Florida do not have a fundamental right…

After many twists and turns in the legal battle over the Legislature’s interpretation of Amendment 4, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is poised to hear arguments Tuesday in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that found the law unconstitutional.