'There has never been in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the Jim Crow burdens on voting, the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today,' Clinton said in a speech at a Campus Progress conference in Washington.
He specifically called out Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) for trying to reverse past precedent and prevent convicted felons from voting even after they've completed their sentence.
'Why should we disenfranchise people forever once they've paid their price?' Clinton said. 'Because most of them in Florida were African Americans and Hispanics who tended to vote for Democrats. That's why.'"
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