Last week, a Florida judge handed down a preliminary injunction to place on hold a law that placed financial restrictions on felons before they could be restored their right to vote. In November 2018, Florida voters overwhelmingly passed by constitutional amendment the right to restore voting rights to all formerly incarcerated felons once they complete their terms of their sentence. 65% of Florida voters approved of the ballot referendum, known as Amendment 4. The amendment did not apply to those convicted of murder or sexual offenses. The amendment would have allowed over 1 million new voters to the Florida rolls. Before the amendment could fully take place as intended, the GOP took other restrictive measures. Restoring the right to vote to convicted released felons, apparently didn’t sit well with the Florida GOP. To counter what Florida voters intended, the majority GOP legislature put restrictions on felons’ right to register to vote. The legislature voted to require that … [Read more...] about Florida Judge Temporarily Halts Voter Disenfranchisement Law
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Trump, Kim Kardashian and White Women Voters Who Love Them
In the one week since the historic election of Donald Trump, I like many others have been left wondering why or how the era of Donald Trump arrived. And just one way to look at it is from the face of the most popular reality show---Keeping Up with the Kardashians and white women voters. At least 53% of white women voters voted for President-elect Trump; whereas 94% of African American women voted for Hillary Clinton. And 68% of Latino women voted for Clinton. This begs the question as to why there is such a great disparity between white women and women of color voters. For white women voters, it is not so easy just to analyze them solely on the theory of the economy and the rural areas of the country—middle America doing poorly in relation to other parts of the country. One factor, not addressed before, is the Kim Kardashian reality show factor. Kim Kardashian and the Kardashians are followed by many white women. I don’t honestly know many black women who look up to Kim … [Read more...] about Trump, Kim Kardashian and White Women Voters Who Love Them