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In some states, like Alaska, fines for a felony can be as much as $500,000. This cost is in addition to court and jury fees, with many states also adding interest surcharges for felons on payment plans.
Meade, who is the president and executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRCC), has helped Vick, along with millions of other people, regain their right to vote.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is “one of the most successful pieces of legislation in our history,” says Aden, but the fight to uphold its protections continue today, especially following the 2013 Shelby vs. Holder Supreme Court decision.
As of 2020, an estimated 5.17 million Americans are banned from voting due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Because of these laws, over 6.2% of adult Black Americans are disenfranchised, compared to 1.7% of the non-Black population, according to the latest data from research and advocacy organization The Sentencing Project.
Overall, Aden says, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act “speaks to not just restoring the heart of the [1965] Voting Rights Act,” but to “ some of the progressive and democratic election administration practices that many of us have been pushing for, like same-day registration and automatic voter registration.”.
Five years later in 1870, Black men were granted the right to vote when the 15th Amendment was ratified.
In 2019, at least 30 states, including Florida, had laws that required former felons to pay at least some of their fines and fees before they could vote. “At the end of the day, it’s an obstruction of democracy,” says Meade. “And to me, it’s larger than a poll tax.