Voting Rights

Amending the state constitution would require approval by a two-thirds majority of voters, up from the current 60 percent, under a proposed ballot…

A coalition of groups has asked a federal judge to require 32 Florida counties -- including a handful of Tampa Bay area ones -- to offer Spanish-language…

Lawmakers in the Senate today passed a bill that would implement Amendment 4, which allows certain felons to vote. But as Blaise Gainey reports...

Felons in Florida would have to settle pending fines and fees before having their voting rights restored, according to a proposal currently making its...

When he was just 26 years old, Emmet Jopling Bondurant II argued and won a foundational voting rights case in the Supreme Court. This week, he returns to take on partisan redistricting.

With Amendment 4 going into effect in less than a week, there are parts of the process of restoring the voting rights for convicted felons that appear...

With its passage on November 6, Amendment 4 granted over a million felons across the state the right to vote.

Florida is one of the strictest states when it comes to restoring the right to vote for people with felony convictions. Former felons do not...

Florida elections officials were wrong to block on-campus early voting sites in Gainesville and Tallahassee, lawyers for the League of Women Voters of...

A small street festival outside Miami features booths adorned with Puerto Rican flags. A band plays salsa music as vendors offer specialties from the…

Florida’s campaign to restore voting rights to felons is gathering national media attention, and national financing. Now activists are trying to focus...

An attempt to restore felons’ voting rights in Florida is getting a national boost this week. Comedian Samantha Bee of the TBS show Full Frontal sat...