The FL Amendment restoring voting rights is a game changer for this state

[obamanut2012]

I work with three people who have relatives who are ex felons. All are POC arrested for drug stuff as teens, all in the 40s and 50s now. All professionals. They are planning to register to vote the day they are allowed to. There are many other people like them. If only 25 percent of them do this, FL is blue from now on, not even purple.

There is a reason the FL GOP have disenfranchised ex felons in this state.

[brooklynite]

1. Two cautionary points...

You have to get them registered...

You have to get them to show up and vote...

[enough]

3. Neither of which you can do if they are ineligible to vote. NT

[brooklynite]

4. My point is: don't assume you've automatically added a million (prospectively) Democratic voters

[obamanut2012]

7. I never said that

[qazplm135]

5. exactly

I'd be surprised if more than 10 percent of those folks ever do, and I'd guess the D/R split is no better than 55-45 because there are plenty of white and hispanic felons who will vote R as there are black and hispanic felons who will vote D.

It will help around the margins in a Gore/Bush type of extremely tight race but game-changer?

Eh.

I'm starting to wonder if FL isn't going the way of Ohio on us right now.

[obamanut2012]

6. No kidding -- and, I said 25% of them flip it blue

And, the NAACP is planning to get them registered.

1 million of the 1.5 million are POC.

[Blue_true]

8. Someone mentioned outreach.

That must start now.

[Wounded Bear]

2. It should definitely help...nt

[edhopper]

9. 1 in 5 African Americans in Florida

can't vote now. I am sure that 60,00 Gillum lost by would be made up.

[dalton99a]

10. Kick