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Amendment 4. i'm proud about that. that is just one step closer to getting us where it is that we need to be as a state. y'all, 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 won't 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 along the campaign trail, policy is nothing without a demand. it never has and it never will. we s...

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 across the country. as these minimum wage ballots and redistricting ballot initiatives and medical ...

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 voters in florida, and that is now we've got a projected answer on amendment 4 in florida. it looks ...

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 women's roundtable and pushing for amendment 4. >> tell us what amendment 4 is. >> it will give 1.4 million floridians the right to vote. former felons the ability to vote. i was traveling between georgia and florida and people were sending me infor...

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. that's 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 with it. in this neighborhood alone it's probably one out of every three people going to end up in jai...