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    Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote

    -Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has reportedly raised more than $16 million in an effort to help convicted felons in Florida register to vote.

    The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition estimated Bloomberg's fundraising push has already paid off monetary obligations for 32,000 felons, Axios reported.

    "The right to vote is fundamental to our democracy and no American should be denied that right," a Bloomberg spokesperson told the news outlet. "Working together with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, we are determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that has always driven it."

    Florida passed a law in 2018 reinstating voting rights for felons that dictated they could register only if they pay all fines, fees and restitution - sometimes totaling more than $1,000 - owed to the government.

    Last week, several television networks also pledged to donate money to the cause.

    Bloomberg, who ran in the Democratic primary for president, has endorsed the party's nominee, Joe Biden, and has donated at least $100 million to the former vice president's campaign to defeat President Trump...

    Bloomberg pays fines for 32,000 felons in Florida so they can vote | TheHill

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    Whatever one feels about the current election, the right to vote is fundamental in a democracy and should not be infringed. In the states of Vermont and Maine, and in the countries of Canada, Denmark, Spain and others, one can vote even while in prison.

    If you let government officials pick and choose who's allowed to vote, then of course they'll pick the people most likely to vote to keep them in office.

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