The Field: The Fight For Voting Rights in Florida

<p><em>This episode contains strong language. </em></p><p>During much of this election cycle, Julius Irving of Gainesville, Fla., spent his days trying to get former felons registered to vote.</p><p>He would tell them about Florida’s Amendment Four, a ballot initiative that extended the franchise to those who had, in the past, been convicted on felony charges — it added an estimated 1.5 million people to the electorate, the nation’s largest voting expansion in four decades.</p><p>On today’s episode, Nicholas Casey, a national politics reporter, spends time with Mr. Irving in Gainesville and explores the voting rights battle in Florida.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nicholas-casey?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Nicholas Casey</a>, a national politics reporter for The New York Times. </p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Former prisoners can now go to the polls in Florida. But fines remain one obstacle. Believing anything will make a difference is another.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/florida-felons-voting-rights.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> That’s where Julius Irving comes in.</a></li></ul>