Florida Ex-Fellons Have Voting Rights Restored

(Washington Post) - SARASOTA One of the largest enfranchisements of U.S. citizens in the past century begins Tuesday in Florida and many of the more than 1.4 million ex-felons set to regain their voting rights here are treating the moment as a celebration. In Tampa one group is renting buses to register en masse at the county elections office. Others will be live-streaming on Facebook as they march in. Demetrius Jifunza convicted as a teen of armed robbery is now a father and pastor who wants to make his daughters proud. Read More