How in the hell is this legal – Update
Michael Bloomberg pays fines for 32K Florida felons so they can vote
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has helped pay the outstanding fines and fees of 32,000 convicted felons in Florida so they could regain their right to vote ahead of the November election, according to a report.
The billionaire and former presidential candidate raised over $16 million for, and donated $5 million to, the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, according to Axios.
Bloomberg’s push would benefit ex-cons as part of a 2018 state constitutional amendment allowing felons who have served their time to regain their right to vote.
Before they can regain that right, however, they need to pay any fines, fees or restitution.
How in the shit is this legal?
The purpose of paying a fine is punishment. You committed the crime, you pay the fine. Having someone else pay the fine on your behalf is like letting someone else sit in a jail cell while you walk free. I have a real problem with this.
If the fine is paid explicitly so that you can vote, does the person who paid the fine not feel entitled to tell you who to vote for?
How is this not buying votes? It clearly is, at least in an understood sense, so how is it legal?
Why is this fucker not currently being tea bagged in a Florida jail.
What the fuck is going on?
Update:
Apparently it’s not legal.
Now the ball is in Trump and DeSantis’ court.
We just saw with DeSantis’ anti-riot proposal that he has the fuzz on his peaches to stand up to the rioting Left.
Now let’s see if that fuzz will let him stand up to some piece-of-shit meglomaniac New Yorke billionaire who sends his money to Florida to influence an election.
I really hope so because this is fucking bullshit and Bloomberg needs to spend some time at FSP.