In the News Editorial: A discouraging call by Florida Supreme Court on felon voting
Two prominent libertarian groups have filed briefs in the federal case, arguing that SB 7066 is fundamentally unfair. The state law “violates the bedrock guarantee that every citizen enjoys,” said the R Street Institute and Cato Institute (backed by billionaire Charles Koch). Without a judge’s injunction, they said, the law “will have the effect of excluding a great number of people from voting because of their poverty, while allowing similarly situated wealthy persons to vote.”
