While 4.6 million disenfranchised Americans is a huge number, that’s down from closer to 6 million people who could not vote due to a felony conviction in 2016. In this episode, we welcome Desmond Meade, founder of the Florida Rights Restoration Clinic, an effort to re-enfranchise 1.4 million returning citizens in the Sunshine State.
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