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Former felons with right to vote could increase Florida’s primary turnout

Impact remains uncertain but many who have served jail sentences will now vote again under state’s amendment 4

Tonia Martinez doesn’t remember the last time she voted – she guesses it was about two decades ago. The Florida native’s first brush with the prison system was in 1992 but she said her real struggle started in 2010 when she was convicted of a felony and sentenced to 19 months in a Broward county facility.

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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