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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:03 PM Feb 2018

Federal judge strikes down Floridas felon voting rights restoration process

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2018/2/1/federal_judge_strike.html

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Federal judge strikes down Floridas felon voting rights restoration process (Original Post) shenmue Feb 2018 OP

Headline is a little misleading - it was struck down because it denied felons' voting rights. PoliticAverse Feb 2018 #1

Headline is misleading and alarming and written with no editor on guard. Too common. Fred Sanders Feb 2018 #2

Whew!... NeoGreen Feb 2018 #3

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. Headline is a little misleading - it was struck down because it denied felons' voting rights.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:20 PM

Feb 2018

The federal judge ruled that Florida has violated their citizens’ constitutional rights by permanently revoking the right to vote, violating both the first and 14th amendments.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

2. Headline is misleading and alarming and written with no editor on guard. Too common.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:35 PM

Feb 2018

Great news!

NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)

3. Whew!...

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 1, 2018, 08:47 PM

Feb 2018

...I read the headline as meaning the opposite.

Good News!

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