Hi All,
Has a Felon's right to vote been restored in Florida?
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Start Here to find out:
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Welcome to Restore My Vote
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Do you want to find out if your right to vote has been restored? You’re in the right place!
Do you want to find out if your right to vote has been restored? You’re in the right place!
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Type your first and last name below. Click submit to search the webpage for your name. Select your name for more information on how you can register to vote
Type your first and last name below. Click submit to search the webpage for your name. Select your name for more information on how you can register to vote
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People For the American Way Foundation has posted a list of the names, available through a public record request, of more than 250,000 ex-offenders in Florida whose civil rights have been restored (click here for more information). Use the form above to see if your name is on the list. If it is, you must register to vote
People For the American Way Foundation has posted a list of the names, available through a public record request, of more than 250,000 ex-offenders in Florida whose civil rights have been restored (click here for more information). Use the form above to see if your name is on the list. If it is, you must register to vote
before you can cast your ballot in the next election.
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This site will help you find the information you need.
Here’s some background information on how this came about: in April of 2007, Florida Governor Charlie Crist issued new rules that streamline the clemency process for ex-offenders convicted of non-violent crimes, so long as they paid any victim’s restitution and have no pending criminal charges.
Here’s some background information on how this came about: in April of 2007, Florida Governor Charlie Crist issued new rules that streamline the clemency process for ex-offenders convicted of non-violent crimes, so long as they paid any victim’s restitution and have no pending criminal charges.
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People For the American Way Foundation has obtained a list of ALL ex-offenders in the state that have received clemency from the earliest data available until October of 2007.
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If you have any questions about registering to vote or need assistance, please call the Restore My Vote hotline at
If you have any questions about registering to vote or need assistance, please call the Restore My Vote hotline at
1-877-60 RESTORE (1-877-607-3786).
Dave Israel
4 comments:
Thanks, that didn't show anything but it answered the Question I asked. Where would I look to find out if someone has criminal record ?
Hi A Nony Mouse
Mar 9, 2009 11:04:00 PM,
The answer to your question is a bit complicated as there are a number of "Criminal Record"
Categories.
The following Reference Site is one of the best portals to use to do your search. Those with some background in "Investigations" will get a lot more out of this site; read carefully, some searches are free, some require a fee.
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/content/getdoc/2952da22-ba08-4dfc-9e45-2d7932a803ea/Obtaining-Criminal-History-Information.aspx
If you do not like this FDLE Site; you can also engage a Professional firm; but the costs of a complete search will be higher.
Dave Israel
An excerpt from the ACLU may be instructive as follows:
FLORIDA
Prior to 2007, Florida was one of three states (along with Kentucky and Virginia) that permanently disfranchised all convicted felons, and was the state with the largest number of disfranchised citizens (nearly one million).' African Americans were particularly impacted by Florida's draconian policies, which disfranchised fully 18.8% of the black voting age population in the state. Legislation to advance felon enfranchisement reform was introduced in 2007, but did not receive meaningful attention from the legislature given the focus placed on the actions the governor and the clemency board were taking to revise the rules of executive clemency, discussed below.
On April 5, Florida's Republican Governor Charlie Crist and the state clemency board (composed of the governor and the elected three cabinet members, currently two Republicans and one Democrat) adopted a new policy aimed at reforming Florida's antiquated and discriminatory felon disfranchisement procedures. The board revised the Rules of Executive Clemency that govern their decisions as to who gets their civil right restored in Florida Now, certain people with felony convictions will be restored to the rolls without an application or hearing by the clemency board while others remain subject to these procedures. Those who will be restored are people convicted of several non-violent felony offenses who have fully completed their sentences, paid any restitution owed, have no charges pending against them, and are not habitual violent offenders, violent career criminals or sexual predators. And they must wait until they receive a certificate from the board before they may vote again. The rights restored are not only voting rights, but also the right to serve on a jury and the right to hold public office. Individuals must have these civil rights restored before applying for many stateissued occupational licenses.
Although Governor Crist had repeatedly declared his commitment to significant reform of Florida's system of felon disfranchisement, these rules fall short of this goal by enfranchising too few ex-felons and still subjecting them to process. Staunch opposition from cabinet member State Attorney General Bill McCollum, and more moderate opposition from cabinet member Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Charles Bronson, contributed to the adoption of a compromise proposal that establishes a set of unnecessarily complex and burdensome procedures.
The Department of Corrections recently reviewed the files of 80,000 individuals who were awaiting rights restoration and discovered that close to 40% of them would not be eligible due to unpaid restitution. Unlike court-imposed fines, restitution cannot be waived or reduced by the Cabinet or clemency board, and will thus be an impediment to thousands of otherwise eligible individuals having their civil rights restored.
The Department of Corrections and the Florida Parole Commission have set themselves the goal of assessing all eligible individuals and classifying them in time for the 2008 presidential election. However, they have to notify the 600,000 -950,000 ex-felons since a good number of them may now be eligible for restoration, and they have a 20% error rate in identifying and contacting these individuals. (The state goes by the lower figure; social scientists have calculated the higher figure.) The state is approaching a voter registration deadline of December 31, 2007 for the January primaries. According to the Parole Commission, under the old rules, 45,000 applications were processed each year, and of them 12,000 were granted RCR per year.
Randall& Dave , Thanks for the info.
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