ICYMI - Florida's Battle Over Restoring Voting Rights
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🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:02.8 | Florida, you get to bad rap for praising your citizens, Crystal meth, Gatorate tax. |
| 0:10.2 | Cowsick algae, Mar-a-Logel, St. Coles, O, and lightning strikes. |
| 0:14.6 | But now, it's also making a name for itself for giving ex-fellons their right to vote |
| 0:19.3 | back. |
| 0:20.3 | The Sunshine State just gained more than 1 million voters. |
| 0:23.6 | Voters agree to restore voting rights to convicted felons except murderers and sexual offenders. |
| 0:28.8 | There was one of the many amendments on the ballot. |
| 0:30.9 | Amendment 4. |
| 0:31.9 | Desmond Mead is the director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition that helped pass |
| 0:36.4 | amendment 4. |
| 0:37.4 | 1.4 million people back voting, boom bam. |
| 0:41.0 | Mission accomplished. |
| 0:42.0 | Good job, bro. |
| 0:43.0 | Unfortunately, it's not that simple. |
| 0:45.5 | We had legislators in Florida mandated the payment of fines and fees before they're able |
| 0:50.9 | to register the vote. |
| 0:52.3 | I see why Florida shaped like a dick, because he- |
| 0:55.5 | Oh, I was trying to f-- |
| 0:56.9 | That's right. |
| 0:59.8 | The Republican-controlled legislature swooped in to ruin the party by making re-enfranchised |
| 1:05.3 | voters pay for the right to vote. |
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