VOTING RIGHTS

Florida added 1.4 million possible voters to the rolls when it passed Amendment 4, which says most felons will automatically have their voting rights restored when they complete their sentences and probation.

“This was not a political vote. It was a vote of love,” said Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, the non-profit group that spearheaded to put the amendment change on the ballot.

Convicted sex offenders and those convicted of murder are exempt. The measure needed 60 per cent of the vote Tuesday to pass; it received 64 per cent.