Florida Mandates Felons To Pay All Fees Before Voting.

Last week, Florida’s House set things in motion with regard to mandating felons meet certain “financial obligations” before having their voting rights restored, and now Florida’s Senate has followed suit.

The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would allow felons to vote, but only after “all financial obligations ordered by a judge” were paid, the Associated Press reports.

The Senate and House bills are in response to Florida voters in Novembe voting in support of a state constitutional amendment that would restore voting rights to most felons (not those convicted of murder or felony sex offenses) once they served their time.

But Florida’s Republican lawmakers say “time” includes court-mandated fees or restitution and the like, thus the monetary language.

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