Miami Herald: DeSantis To Restore Trump’s Right To Vote While “Slow-Walking” FL Law For Other Felons

From the Miami Herald editorial board:

The national political soap opera continues as former President Donald Trump prepares for his July 11 sentencing in the hush money criminal case. As expected, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to play the top supporting role by vowing to restore Trump’s voting rights as a felon so he can cast a ballot in Florida’s November elections. DeSantis plans to get the Florida Clemency Board to restore Trump’s right to vote in the Sunshine State, irrespective of any court rulings in other states.

In 2018, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to restore voting rights for felons (not those convicted of violent crimes or sex offenses), but since DeSantis took office, he has been slow-walking any progress. DeSantis should apply the same rules he plans to use to help felonious Trump to all the people who qualify under the constitutional amendment that voters approved six long years ago. That would be equal justice.

Read the full editorial.

Trump’s special treatment in Florida is a privilege other felons don’t get | Opinion https://t.co/FQvOzjm68C

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) June 15, 2024

DeSantis added: “The bottom line is that Donald Trump’s vote this November will be one of millions that demonstrate Florida is now a solid Republican state!”

— Scott Snyder (@ScottSnyder_CMG) June 4, 2024