Help Returning Citizens Pay Fines and Fees and Register to Vote in Florida
Today, we have an opportunity to do something tangible for justice. Together, we can restore the right to vote for 5,000 returning citizens in Florida before November’s election.
The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) sponsored constitutional Amendment 4 that led to the restoration of the vote to 1.4 million Floridians with felony convictions in 2018. It was the largest voting rights expansion in over 50 years. However, the state legislature responded by passing a law requiring returning citizens to pay off outstanding fees, and fines, associated with their convictions prior to being eligible to vote.
As part of its Election Protection initiative under President CK Hoffler, Esq., the National Bar Association, the oldest and largest organization of black attorneys in the country, has joined with FRRC to put more people on the voting rolls by launching a national fundraiser on behalf of returning citizens.
We can do this.
One voter at a time.
As a friend and colleague in support of the memory of John Lewis and the historic fight for the right to vote, please join us by making your contribution today. Your donation will directly and immediately give a person their voice back in our democracy this year. Help us raise $1,000,000.00 in the next 30 days.
As leaders of the National Bar Association, we collectively feel the weight of the moment and the duty to honor John Lewis’s legacy, a giant whose shoulders we stand on every day in our profession. As an organization of black lawyers and judges, we are committed to help raise $1,000.000.00 to enable returning citizens to vote in the upcoming Presidential election.
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