How evil do you need to be to make voter registration forms deliberately obtuse so that you can go back and arrest people to justify your fearmongering about voter fraud?

>After voters passed the 2018 constitutional amendment, the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2019 approved a controversial law to carry out the measure. That law included requiring felons to pay “legal financial obligations,” such as restitution, fines and fees, to be eligible to have voting rights restored.

24th amendment in the constitution:

>The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

But conservative activist judges don't care about the letter of the law.

On April 10, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Winsor to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. On May 23, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On June 14, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote.

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Winsor for a federal judgeship. His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day. On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. On June 18, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 54–42 vote. On June 19, 2019, he was confirmed by a 54–44 vote, with Democrat Joe Manchin voting for him.

I don't understand how any governing body can take away the constitutional right to vote. There is no exception. So how can States take rights away?

Yet another Trump appointed judge legislating from the bench:

Judge Allen Winsor issued a 13-page decision dismissing a lawsuit filed in April by the League of Women Voters of Florida and the NAACP.

Sounds like they should be challenging the Florida law rather than the wording on the registration form. It's literally a poll tax to get your rights reinstated.

Once Trump is in jail, I sure hope all of his appointees are dismissed…

Incompetent, and Corrupt Trump judge protects Incompetent, and Corrupt Florida Republicans.

Look kids, it's fascism!

DeSantis Pokemoning Ls

Trump appointed cocksucker, I mean judge.

The Judge is right, the problem isn't the form itself. What needs to change is the practice of arresting more minorities than whites, sending more to prison, and then making it harder for those convicted to vote.

Pretty simple decision to make. “The restoration of rights remains the eligibility requirement for felons,” Winsor wrote. “And that requirement, as plaintiffs acknowledge, is included on the form they challenge. That is enough to doom plaintiffs’ challenge.”

When the plaintiffs agree that their argument is answered in the reason they are suing, they shouldn't win.

You do realise most countries in the civilised world have strict voter registration laws, demand you produce IDs, fill out forms for voting somewhere that isn't the one designated voting station based on your address and have denounced mail-in right? You do realise your country is not exactly first world these days right?