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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1098906)	11/10/2018 9:00:37 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580716

"If you don't like that law, then you have a choice. That choice is to use your vote to elect people who believe the same thing that you do." You can also choose to gather enuf signatures to get it on the ballot.... Florida voters have approved an amendment restoring voting rights for most felons. Under Amendment 4, felons not convicted of sex offenses or murder would automatically have their voting rights restored after completing their sentences or going on probation. The passage affects about 1.5 million people in the state. Currently, former felons must wait at least 5 years after completing their sentences to ask the Florida Clemency Board, made up by the governor and the Cabinet, to restore their rights, according to the Pensacola News Journal. In 2006, Florida Republican Governor Charlie Crist pushed to make it easier for convicted felons to regain voting rights after serving their sentences, but in March 2011, Republican Governor Rick Scott reversed the reforms. Amendment 4 was placed on the 2018 ballot by a petition of more than 799,000 voters. The Associated Press contributed to this report. ajc.com

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1098906)	11/11/2018 5:03:39 AM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580716

The law was changed in Florida you pinhead. Get a clue. Florida voters pass amendment to restore felons' voting rights google.com

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1098906)	11/11/2018 7:15:13 PM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580716

I worry about big issues that matter, like the environment, ridiculously expensive health care, the sorry state of education in this country, the reckless actions of the Federal Reserve that distort our economy and impoverish the 99%, the lawlessness and chaos of the liberals, the increasingly strident belief in Socialism the liberals are embracing, the never-ending wars that the Military Industrial Complex is engaged in that is impoverishing this country, the victim mentality of the Millennials and inability to embrace self-reliance, and corruption I see among our leaders on the left and the right. We have far bigger problems and issues than worrying about felons and their rights or lack of rights to vote. Nice list but I would include the debt. Growth far surpassing GDP growth this is not sustainable. I don't know when we hit that wall. We were 40% debt to GDP in 1980 is now over 120%. IN 1965 expenditures and revenues were BOTH about 16.5% of GDP. Now as most years in recent decades big defecits (except 1997-01) expenditures near 21% while revenues at 16.5% (these are near figures of peak of Reaganomics 1984-86)..