Gov. Ron DeSantis asked an appeals court to continue preventing felons from voting while the state appeals a federal judge's finding that a law requiring indigent felons to pay "legal financial obligations" to be eligible to vote is unconstitutional.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit  on Wednesday upheld U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle's October ruling that the state cannot deny the right to vote to felons who are "genuinely unable to pay" court-ordered financial obligations, such as fees, fines and restitution.

DeSantis wants the full appeals court to review the case in what is known as an "en banc" hearing. In a brief Friday, his lawyers wrote that "a majority of the active judges on this court will likely agree to hear the case en banc" and overturn Wednesday's decision.