Shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an omnibus elections bill, a coalition of voting-rights and civil-rights groups announced they had filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s plan for carrying out a constitutional amendment designed to restore felons’ voting rights.

The 74-page lawsuit, filed in Gainesville, alleges the newly signed law “unconstitutionally denies the right to vote to returning citizens with a past felony conviction based solely on their inability to pay outstanding fines, fees, or restitution.”

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