As the election nears in hotly contested Florida, restrictions affecting felon voting rights could block thousands from casting ballots, potentially altering the state’s outcome in the presidential race, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Two years ago, a referendum gave an estimated 1.4 million people who completed sentencing terms including prison, parole and probation the right to vote. But last year, the GOP-led legislature passed a new law saying before they could cast a ballot, those people with felony records...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 30, 2020 12:08 UTC