The judges rule the mandate violated 17 ex-felons' Fourteenth Amendment rights.
A federal appeals court upheld an injunction Wednesday that allowed a group of former Florida felons to vote without the state-imposed mandate to pay fees.
The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for 11th Circuit in Atlanta ruled that Florida’s law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for 17 former felons who are currently suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials. In 2018, Florida voters approved a state constitutional amendment, Amendment 4, which would restore the voting rights of former felons who completed all terms of their sentences.
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