[Ingtar]

Quaint, 115,000 Obama voters.

[Sacajaweau]

The problem with felons is that the majority have more than one offense.

[MovementConservative]

Fair enough. Probably adds more Dems to the rolls, but that’s not the point.

[MovementConservative]

Fair enough. Probably adds more Dems to the rolls, but that’s not the point.

[Gay State Conservative]

I didn’t know that Florida had a RAT governor.

[Eagles6]

Florida goes to obama.

[vikingd00d]

>>”Once somebody has truly paid their debt to society, we should recognize it,” explains Crist, a Republican who had initially pushed for a broader clemency program.

From the article:
The change doesn’t include the right to have a gun, which still isn’t restored automatically for people with felony convictions.

If they can’t be trusted with a gun, they can’t be trusted with a vote. This is obviously less about giving people a second chance than about padding the voter lists with Obama supporters.

[NonValueAdded]

including the right to ... hold public office

Don't we have enough felons holding public office already? /semisarc

And I surely hope this doesn't apply to all felonious crimes but only the lesser evils.

Confidential to governor suntan: they won't vote Republican out of gratitude, they'll vote RAT for the victimhood designation. Nice move, you idiot.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Sure looks like Florida is going firmly into the (D) column.

With the geriatric vote and the ex-con vote, hussein has it all sewn up.

[Spok]

“Once somebody has truly paid their debt to society, we should recognize it,” explains Crist, a Republican who had initially pushed for a broader clemency program.”

Does Crist realize that criminals in general are overwhelmingly Democrats? (and not just the ones that hold elected office)

[AlaskaErik]

It’s not like they weren’t already voting, even if they didn’t know it.

[Abathar]

well, at least 115,000 times in the next couple of days gun dealers will be happy I guess.

[synbad600]

Funny line:

"State Corrections Secretary Jim McDonough says the agency will do what it can to find individuals through system records to tell them they now can have their rights restored quickly and easily."

We'll have to wait and see what he can do.

[AlaskaErik]

I wonder if the DemocRATS also support restoring gun rights to felons who have paid their debt to society. sarc/

[LtKerst]

Yes, the Democrats need the Criminals to help them win in Fla.

[dfwgator]

We are sooooo screwed! (I’m going to be using that line a lot over the next few months)

[Tribune7]

Once you serve a sentence you ought to get back your rights. Some crimes, however, should be lifetime sentences even if not all the time is prison.

And a whole lot of criminals ought to get consecutive sentences.

[IamConservative]

Gotta wonder how many will actually ever know this? Even less will actually vote I suspect.

[Lucky Dog]

"Once somebody has truly paid their debt to society, we should recognize it,"

What about the debt to the victim? Exactly who is paying that?

[Southerngl]

Well now my exhusband, who lives in Florida, can’t complain to me because he is a convicted felon for child abandonment about how he can’t vote or own a gun anymore.

As if he needs to do either, but whatever.