Meanwhile, in Florida.

[Andalusian girls]

[Melena]

[AoE]

Gang violence

[Cantih]

I miss Dr. McNinja.

[Anoat]

Federal appeals court rules that former felons who served time in Florida CANNOT be barred from voting if they had unpaid court fees. This was a last ditch effort by the GOP to undermine the will of Florida voters who in 2018 voted for voting restoration rights to former non-violent, non sex crime felons who had served their time.

[Byrthnoth]

Wasn't that their original play when implementing the ballot initiative?

Can they appeal the appeal and get an injunction?

[6souls]

[Xno Kappa]

The brand is strong!

[Roranora]

Florida woman suitcase-asphyxiates Florida man.

[arus2001]

I guess she sent him packing.

[thetruepandagod]

I guess she sent him packing.

[Lokus]

https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/florid...K4nK3iAX-M5s18

A local Florida politician has apologized for telling a public meeting that blowing a hairdryer up your nose can cure the coronavirus.

Florida Man can't stop, won't stop.

[6souls]

That's a bad look for him because he had doubled down on that.

[6souls]

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/lo...-deli-counter/
https://twitter.com/OrlandoPolice/st...36451209715712

Florida man pulls a gun at a market because the service was too slow.

[6souls]

https://apnews.com/a91404d0db88bac1beb085f31d74c9df

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle has ruled that Florida's law to have felons to pay an undisclosed amount of legal fees before they earn the right to vote to be unconstitutional.

The 125-page ruling was issued by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle in Tallahassee. It involves a state law to implement a 2016 ballot measure approved by voters to automatically restore the right to vote for many felons who have completed their sentence. The Republican-led Legislature stipulated that fines and legal fees must be paid as part of the sentence, in addition to serving any prison time.

The case could have deep ramifications in the crucial electoral battleground given that Florida has an estimated 774,000 disenfranchised felons who are barred because of financial obligations. Many of those felons are African Americans and presumably Democrats, though it’s unclear how that group of Floridians overall would lean politically in an election and how many would vote.

The judge called the Florida rules a “pay to vote” system that are unconstitutional when applied to felons “who are otherwise eligible to vote but are genuinely unable to pay the required amount.”

A further complication is determining the exact amount in fines and other kinds of legal fees owed by felons seeking the vote — by some estimates it would take elections officials several years for those pending now. Hinkle said it’s unconstitutional to bar any voter whose amount owed could not be “determined with diligence.”

Hinkle ordered the state to require election officials to allow felons to request an advisory opinion on how much they owe — essentially placing the burden on elections officials to seek that information from court systems. If there’s no response within three weeks, then the applicant should not be barred from registering to vote, the ruling said.

[6souls]

https://apnews.com/5f401def0c3b5086266861682f7a0688
https://tinyurl.com/y7gtherz

Odessa woman sues for a paternity test on her neighbor's goats.

[Cail]

Florida sheriff forbids employees, visitors to wear masks: If they do, 'they will be asked to leave'

As the city of Ocala wrestles with an ordinance requiring face coverings for people inside businesses, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told his employees they will not wear masks at work, and visitors to his office can’t wear masks either.

Woods, in an email dated Aug. 11, said "my order will stand as is when you are on-duty/working as my employee and representing my Office – masks will not be worn."

Ocala City Council passed an emergency ordinance last week requiring people to wear masks inside businesses. Mayor Kent Guinn vetoed it Monday and the council will meet Wednesday to consider overriding the veto.

Marion County set a single-day record on Tuesday for the most deaths related to COVID-19, with 13 more deaths reported.

[Dimmauk]

I guess she sent him packing.

[zoobernut]

https://apnews.com/5f401def0c3b5086266861682f7a0688
https://tinyurl.com/y7gtherz

Odessa woman sues for a paternity test on her neighbor's goats.

My wife and I breed and raise Nubian goats and doing all that AGDA paperwork and making sure everything is in order is no joke. We have to fill out detailed paperwork and tattoo our goats to get them registered. The article is correct though registered purebred goats are worth a lot more. I think our girl goats registered are selling for $400-$500 each now. Something like that and the bucks around $200.

[Zeb]

Florida sheriff forbids employees, visitors to wear masks: If they do, 'they will be asked to leave'

And pretty much everyone here is fine with it. Fml

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