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Here’s a livestream from today’s book launch. #Uncounted

Here, timing is everything.  The closer we get to an election, the less likely that the courts will interfere.

“Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said the appellate ruling will ‘have far-reaching effects, as it will determine whether the state must comply with the court’s injunction in upcoming elections of national, state, and local significance in 2020.’”

Source: Federal Appeals Court Wades Into Felons’ Voting Rights Battle | Daily Business Review

The fight over the restoration of voting rights continues in Florida.  The state supreme court ruled that Amendment 4, which potentially returned the right to vote to more than1 million people in Florida, required the completion of fines and fees before voting rights could be restored.  Read the story here.

Iowa is the latest state to initiate efforts to eliminate barriers to restore the right to vote to previously incarcerated persons.  “Governor Kim Reynolds is again pitching the years-long process of amending the Iowa Constitution to automatically restore felons’ voting rights at the end of their sentence, but in the meantime, advocates are calling for changes to make the process easier and faster.”  Source: Advocacy group urges reforms to felon voting restoration process | KGAN