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Supreme Court Deals Major Blow To Ex-Felons' Right To Vote In Florida

The court's refusal to reverse a lower court order likely will prevent hundreds of thousands of people from voting in the November election.

The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a lower court order that likely will prevent hundreds of thousands of ex-felons in Florida from voting in the November election. It is the fourth time that the court has refused to intervene to protect voting rights this year.

The others instances came in cases from Wisconsin, Alabama and Texas, and overruled lower court decisions that sought to allow more absentee ballot voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Florida case is

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