Appeals Court Ruling In Jones, et al., v. Florida

On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta issued this ruling on whether a Florida law permitting felony offenders to vote only after they had met all the terms of their sentence was valid. In 2018, state voters adopted a constitutional amendment allowing felony offenders to vote after being returned to the community. In 2019, the legislature passed a law that limited voter registration to released felony offenders who had completely paid off any court fines, fees, and restitution. The appeals court upheld the requirement that court-ordered fines and fees must . . .