Florida’s petition for a rehearing en banc in a dispute over the restoration of voting rights to former felons was denied Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
The court ruled Feb. 19 that Florida can’t require convicted felons who have shown they are indigent to pay all legal financial obligations to the state before reclaiming their right to vote. The state disagreed and sought a rehearing before the whole panel.
A federal district court ordered Florida to allow 17 ex-felons named in a lawsuit to vote if they could show they were genuinely unable to repay all fines, fees, and restitution imposed as part of a felony sentence. A trial is scheduled April 27.
The case is Jones v. Governor of Florida, 11th Cir., No. 19-14551, 3/31/20
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