Florida attorney general pursues probe into Bloomberg paying felons' fines

[babylonsister]

https://www.axios.com/florida-probe-bloomberg-felons-voting-2ea73b16-fd6d-4059-8dc7-06d22175804f.html

Florida attorney general pursues probe into Bloomberg paying felons' fines
Fadel Allassan


Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) on Wednesday said she asked the FBI and state law enforcement to investigate Mike Bloomberg after he raised over $16 million to help felons pay outstanding fees to regain their voting rights, AP reports.

The state of play: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) asked Moody to look into Bloomberg's effort in Florida, suggesting that the former mayor of New York City and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition violated election law by offering incentives for voting.

“I have instructed the Statewide Prosecutor to work with law enforcement and any Statewide Grand Jury that the Governor may call,” Moody wrote in a statement.

Background: A 2018 state constitutional amendment allows for felons who have completed their sentences to regain their right to vote as long as they've also paid any outstanding fines, fees or restitution.

[Thekaspervote]

1. Yeah sure..good luck with that one. Bloomberg isn't doing anything wrong and doesn't suffer fools!

[WorkDoctor]

2. So is it about the money or ...

of course this reveals the cruelty of DeSantis and his Jim Crow motives.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Intimidation bounces off Bloomberg

This is more of a PR ploy by the crooked GOP

[Mossfern]

4. There is nothing wrong with it

It's not contingent on for whom they plan to vote.

[SharonClark]

5. But Trump is paying off farmers to vote for him.

[genxlib]

6. CORRECTION

In your explanation of background you imply that the need to pay fines is part of the Constitutional Amendment. It was not. That variation of a poll tax was added by the State GOP as they fought tooth and nail to not implement the restoration of voting rights that was overwhelmingly approved by voters.

https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Amendment_4,_Voting_Rights_Restoration_for_Felons_Initiative_(2018)

[Gothmog]

7. This investigation is dumb

Link to tweet

[spanone]

8. just discussed on cnn....not illegal