April 19, 2024

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Florida's quote of the day

| 9/25/2018

"I’ve raised five children since then. Been married 33 years. Seventeen grandchildren. I’ve never been in any trouble since then."

-- Arlington resident Thomas Mitchell, who can’t vote because of a robbery he was convicted of in 1980

Florida voters overwhelmingly support a proposal to restore felons’ voting rights, known as Amendment 4.

That was one finding in a University of North Florida poll out Monday.

If the UNF poll results hold true in November, Mitchell and 1.5 million others like him will be able to vote again. 

Read more at WJCT.

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