Florida’s Voter Fraud Arrests Are Scaring Away Formerly Incarcerated Voters [themarshallproject.org]
By Nicole Lewis and Alexandra Arriaga, Photo: Tampa Police Department, The Marshall Project, November 4, 2022 For years, Derrick Oliver has traveled across the state of Alabama helping register formerly incarcerated people to vote. Most often, he says he spends his time correcting the misinformation that any Alabamian with a felony conviction has permanently lost the right to vote. But this year he encountered an overwhelming barrier: fear. In August, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the...