Supreme Court Deals Major Blow To Felons' Right To Vote In Florida : NPR

Over another powerful dissent by Justice Sotomayor in Bonnie Raysor v. Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida., the conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court has, without explanation, stayed a lower court ruling that would allow thousands of former prisoners to vote.  It is the latest in a now long series of moves, most notoriously in the Shelby County., Mississippi  v. Eric Holder case in which the Court, led by John Roberts, obstructs protection and expansion of the right to vote.- gwc
Supreme Court Deals Major Blow To Felons' Right To Vote In Florida : NPR
by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a lower court order that likely will prevent hundreds of thousands of 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 the court overruled lower court decisions that sought to allow more absentee voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Florida case is particularly fraught with partisan overtones.

In 2018, nearly two-thirds of the Florida electorate voted to amend the state constitution and allow felons to vote. The amendment applied to felons who had completed their parole or probation periods, and it did not apply to those convicted of murder or sexual offenses.
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The referendum was something of an end-run around the Republican-controlled state Legislature, and its passage meant that some 1.4 million felons in the state would be eligible to vote. It had bipartisan support outside the Legislature from both conservative and liberal groups.