Don't get it TWISTED. Reinstating the voting rights of ex-felons is nice. BUT it has NOTHING to do with Jeb Bush secretly removing 48,000 persons off the Florida voter rolls.
Facing intense scrutiny over Florida's plans to reinstate the voting rights of ex-felons who have served their time, Florida Governor Jeb Bush recently announced that the state has taken steps to clear a huge backlog of people waiting for the restoration of their rights, and will clear 20,000 voters for the registration lists. That's a step in the right direction - but it seems to be motivated more by potential P.R. than substance. At the same time he's allowing 20,000 people to get ON the rolls, the Governor is still pushing counties to take as many as 48,000 alleged "felons" OFF . [more]