Lawyers for convicted felons filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against Florida officials, alleging that the state’s process for restoring voting rights to people who have completed their sentences is arbitrary.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of seven convicted felons by the Fair Elections Legal Network and the Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll law firm, seeks to automatically restore former felons’ voting rights.
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