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TexasTowelie

(111,894 posts) Thu Jul 13, 2017, 05:49 AM Jul 2017

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Thousands of Florida felons wait decades to regain the right to vote

TALLAHASSEE -- Adam McCracken has a Ph.D., practices psychology in Orlando and is married with two sons.

But for 25 years, the state of Florida said he couldn’t be a full-fledged citizen because of a long-ago drug conviction.

McCracken served 10 months in a federal prison and five years on probation for possession with intent to distribute LSD.

It was a serious mistake. It happened in 1991. He was 21.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article160996109.html

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Thousands of Florida felons wait decades to regain the right to vote (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP

Hopefully the voters will vote to end felon disenfranchisement in Florida Gothmog Jul 2017 #1

Gothmog

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1. Hopefully the voters will vote to end felon disenfranchisement in Florida

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Thu Jul 13, 2017, 09:05 AM

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