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JONES v. GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA

No. 19-14551.

950 F.3d 795 (2020)

Kelvin Leon JONES, Bonnie Raysor, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, Florida Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 19, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Steinberg , Michael A. Steinberg & Associates, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Kelvin Leon Jones.

Paul March Smith , Molly Danahy , Jonathan Diaz , Mark Gaber , Danielle Marie Lang , Campaign Legal Center, Washington, DC, Chad Wilson Dunn , Brazil & Dunn — Miami Fl, MIAMI, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Bonnie Raysor, Diane Sherrill, and Lee Hoffman.

Julie Ebenstein , Rodkangyil Orion Danjuma , Dale E. Ho , Jonathan Topaz , ACLU Foundation, New York, NY, David Giller , Pietro Signoracci , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY, Sean Morales-Doyle , Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY, Janai S. Nelson , Samuel Spital , Leah Aden , John Spencer Cusick , Jennifer A. Holmes , Attorney, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, Anton Marino , Daniel Boaz Tilley , ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, Jimmy Midyette , ACLU of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Jeff Gruver, Emory Marquis Mitchell, Betty Riddle, Kristopher Wrench, Keith Ivey, Karen Leicht, Raquel Wright, Steven Phalen, Clifford Tyson, Jennaine Miller, Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches, Orange County Branch of the NAACP, League of Women Voters of Florida, Curtis Bryant, Jesse D Hamilton, and Latoya A. Moreland.

Nancy Gbana Abudu , Caren E. Short , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Rosemary McCoy, and Sheila Singleton.

Robert Charles Swain , Alachua County Attorney's Office, Gainesvilee, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Kim A. Barton.

Charles J. Cooper , Peter A. Patterson , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, DC, Joseph W. Jacquot , Ashley Moody , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, Joshua Pratt , Nicholas Primrose , Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Governor of Florida.

Charles J. Cooper , Peter A. Patterson , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, DC, Ashley E. Davis , Bradley Robert McVay , Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, Mohammad O. Jazil , Gary V. Perko , Attorney, Hopping Green & Sams, PA, Tallahassee, FL, George N. Meros, Jr. , Tara R. Price , Holland & Knight, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Ashley Moody , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Florida Secretary of State.

Mary B. McCord , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Naila S. Awan , Demos, New York, NY, Chiraag Bains , Demos, Washington, DC, Summer Denay Brown , Mark Herron , Messer Caparello, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Craig Dennis Feiser , Holland & Knight, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Oren Rosenthal , Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, Nicholas A. Shannin , Shannin Law Firm, PA, Orlando, FL, Robert Charles Swain , Alachua County Attorney's Office, Gainesvilee, FL, Stephen Mark Todd , Hillsborough County Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, Dante Pasquale Trevisani , Florida Justice Institute, Miami, FL, Michael B. Valdes , Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae Cato Institute.

Mary B. McCord , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae R Street Institute.

Before ANDERSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and ROTHSTEIN, District Judge.

On November 6, 2018, Florida voters approved Amendment 4, a state constitutional amendment that automatically restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed all of the terms of their sentences. Contemporary media reports suggested that as many as 1.4 million felons could be eligible for re-enfranchisement...

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