Florida voters will decide this fall if 1.5 million felons will get their voting rights back.

Desmond Meade of Orlando and his group Floridians for Fair Democracy successfully gathered more than 799,000 certified signatures in their years-long petition drive, just a week before the deadline to reach the required total of about 766,000. On Tuesday, the state certified the initiative for the Nov. 6 ballot.

If approved by 60 percent of voters in the fall, the amendment would restore voting rights to Floridians with felony convictions after they fully complete their sentences, including parole or probation. Those convicted of murder or sexual offenses would continue to be barred from voting.

Floridians will vote this fall on restoring voting rights to 1.5 million felons.

Only voting rights, gun rights they are still Second Class Citizens, maybe Third Class. And it makes sense because they only bar murderers or sexual offenders and allows those who pleaded to a lesser charge of manslaughter vote, same for anybody convicted of a crime of violence.  Basically, you could have beaten 50 people and these organization feels they have a right to decide how your safety can me changed and reduced.

I am for the restoration of rights for non-violent felons, so Big Fat No coming November.

PS: There are two other proposals passed but not ratified yet and I have not read them. I’ll let you know.