The Coalition has paid over $600,000 to the Lee County court system. Their dollars have helped people like Anthony Price overcome the past fines and that would have kept him from voting in the future.
Yesterday, in commemoration of Second Chance Month, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, White House Public Engagement Director Cedric Richmond, and White.
For people like the guest columnist who return home with a felony conviction, nearly every door to becoming a productive, contributing member of society is nailed shut.
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition tour reaches Fort Myers to help felons register to vote
Published: May 1, 2021 7:27 AM EDT
Updated: May 2, 2021 6:59 AM EDT
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The Free the Vote tour bus will be in Southwest Florida on Saturday to help felons restore their rights to vote.
The bus is part of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and has been touring the state since the beginning of April to help people convicted of certain felonies start the process to be able to vote once again.
It all stems from 2018, when voters approved a referendum granting the right to vote for felons.
After several legal battles, felons can fully regain their voting rights after paying all fines and restitution.
Voting rights advocate Desmond Meade to receive 2021 Brown Democracy Medal
Desmond Meade, executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, will is the recipient of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy s 2021 Brown Democracy Medal. He will visit University Park November 11 to receive the medal and present a public lecture on his work.
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Voting rights advocate Desmond Meade to receive 2021 Brown Democracy Medal
April 20, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. For Desmond Meade, the right to vote is not simply a bedrock of American democracy. It is a personal struggle. He knows what it’s like to lose that right and he has spent the past 15 years working to help formerly incarcerated people in Florida fight to regain it.