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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a criminal...

Boyds bill goes on to claim that local regulations enacted by citizens of a community threaten “the public’s health, safety, and welfare,” while, again, ignoring the fact that the health of local citizens is one primary concern the Key West measures seek to address. The proposed bill is similar to another that Republicans pushed through in 2016 after Orlando residents expressed interest in banning environmentally dangerous polystyrene. Other Republican-...

To door, you and your organization, because theres really been no effort to really even come out and bring a lot of these people out to register to vote. tell us what you found on the ground doing the hard work. >> well, i can tell you that first we learned that the only way to reach the ex-felons in florida is to go to their houses. the fact is that theres no way to identify who they are, where they live, what they have done, in any kind of an efficient way. so we have adopted the strategy of g...

Lifestyle, so in terms of organizing, theyre going to have to penetrate into those communities and make sure the other pieces of their lives are put back together. >> let me ask you how do you see this recount in florida? do you have any feel at all about where this may go with broward county being as diverse as it is. it is a key factor, but theyre doing a statewide recount. any feelings at all? >> its so early, but we know that when peoples backs are against the wall, they hunker down. were se...

Mind. will be tomorrow morning as well. thats all the jokes i have for this evening. >> watching katy report on that, steve kornacki report on that, ive been watching the atlanta constitutional update their blogs. its just -- who knows when well get the final result there. its turning out to be interesting in all sorts of ways we didnt expect. i want to give you an update in terms of ballot races. we talked before we got the first results out of florida that the amendment 4 in florida passed. th...

Amendment 4. im proud about that. that is just one step closer to getting us where it is that we need to be as a state. yall, i want to encourage you not to give up. i want to encourage you to stick to the fight. i want you to know that every step of this way, even though i wont have the blessing of serving as the next governor of the state of florida, i still plan to be front lines right alongside every single one of you when it comes to standing up for what it is we believe in. as i said all a...

In florida that is important, amendment 4, which is the amendment that will restore voting rights to 1.5 million people who already paid their debt to society and had felony records, that passed. so whatever happens tonight, that amendment is going to be hugely important for voting rights in florida. >> appreciate that, joy. absolutely just reported that just before we got to you. again, we do have a projection on that ballot measure in florida. and there are ballot measures that are of interest...

See the margin, 58,000 here for rick scott over bill nelson. keep in mind the basic turnout math i just took you through right there. nelson may be a little closer than gillum in this thing. >> steve kornacki at the big board for us, thank you. a little bit of news out of florida. one of the ballot initiatives in florida that has raised a lot of national attention, including statewide effort has been amendment 4, which would restore voting rights to felons. this affects over a potential million ...

Black men stay home. putting up messages to disscourage african-americans from participating. they use pictures of you, images of you who is an advocate of voting to try to use your image to discourage black voters. >> yes, joy, i became part of fake news. i was down in bear glades out there getting out the vote with our florida coalition and black womens roundtable and pushing for amendment 4. >> tell us what amendment 4 is. >> it will give 1.4 million floridians the right to vote. former felon...

And your first audiobook is free. cancel anytime and your books are yours to keep forever. audible. the most inspiring minds. the most compelling stories. text "listen27" to 500500 to start your free trial today. 10% of the population of florida has had their right to vote taken away. thats 1.7 million people who cannot vote because they have a felony conviction. >> statisticsly one out of every four black males is going to be incarcerated and poverty and where you live at have a lot to do wit...