U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle gave the state months to come up with a way to carry out a constitutional amendment, approved by more than 64% of Florida voters in 2018, that restored voting rights to felons "who have completed all terms of their sentences, including parole and probation."

But after the state failed to devise an adequate process, the federal judge developed his own plan.

In a rare weekend order issued Sunday, Hinkle laid out a procedure for hundreds of thousands of Floridians who have been convicted of felonies and have court-ordered debts to be able to cast ballots in the November presidential elections.