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We are concerned that the Florida First Step Act is less likely to benefit black and brown people and may exacerbate racial disparities in our prison population.

These ordinances make it illegal for the homeless to do what is necessary to survive and are unconstitutional.

Florida voters passed Amendment 4, a constitutional amendment that restores the voting rights to most people convicted of felonies after they complete the full terms of their sentences. It is the single biggest expansion of voting rights since the passage of the 26th Amendment in 1971.

This week’s midterms should send a strong message to the political establishment that when our civil rights and civil liberties are on the line, American voters will step in.

“I am especially concerned for the thousands of Florida veterans who have lost their voting privileges. Today our military services are an all-volunteer force. Our veterans have made a commitment to risk their lives to preserve our freedoms and our democracy.”

Florida prosecutes more kids as adults than any other state. We must reform the process by which we are giving up on these kids.

Taxation without representation was wrong 240 years go; it is still wrong today. Do the right thing. In November, vote “YES” on Amendment 4.

The ability to vote is not, and should never be, a partisan issue.

In Marion County, Florida, Brad King — the elected state attorney and the county’s top prosecutor — believed he was losing too often in the criminal cases his office was prosecuting.