Florida can continue to block people with felony convictions from voting until they have repaid all fines and fees they owe, the US supreme court said on Thursday, a major decision that makes it less likely that nearly three-quarters of a million Floridians will get to vote in November.
The decision came at a preliminary stage of one of the most closely watched voting rights lawsuits in the US, over amendment 4, a measure Florida voters overwhelmingly approved in 2018 that allows people to vote once they complete their felony sentences, a change that was estimated to affect 1.4 million people.
