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Florida rights restoration group to Orlando: Get vaccinated, get voting PUBLISHED 8:55 PM ET Apr. 18, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:55 PM EDT Apr. 18, 2021
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ORLANDO, Fla. Members of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition spent their Sunday sending several messages to the people in the Orlando Community. They encouraged people to protected themselves with PPE during the pandemic, while also encouraging felons to register to vote.
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It now works to help felons pay off fees so they can get their rights restored
They re holding another rally next Sunday in Kissimmee
The FRRC was instrumental in getting voters to pass Amendment 4 in 2018, which made it easier for most felons who completed their sentence to get their voting rights restored.
Florida House Bill 1: Activists condemn passage of anti-riot bill heraldtribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldtribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2 hours ago by Matthew Peddie (WMFE)
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The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition bus on a stop at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office in Orlando , November 2019. Photo: Matthew Peddie, WMFE / file
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Last November, Neil Volz was one of the more than 11 million Floridians to cast a vote in the presidential election. It was a significant moment for Volz. He’s a returning citizen: he served time in prison for a felony and was able to vote thanks to the passage of Amendment 4 two years earlier.
Activists across Florida are condemning the Florida Legislature s approval of House Bill 1, the so-called anti-riot bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis put forward last year.
The bill won the final approval of the Florida Senate on Thursday and has become one of the most controversial items of the 2021 Florida legislative session.
DeSantis proposed the new legislation following the Black Lives Matter protests that occurred across the country last year following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The bill was officially filed in the Legislature the same day as the Capitol Hill riot in Washington, D.C. This is a very robust package, DeSantis said when he outlined tougher penalties against protesters, most of which are contained in HB 1. I think what it s saying is we are not going to let Florida go down the road that some of these other places have gone.