TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - Confusion is clouding the rules surrounding Amendment 4 and who exactly is eligible to vote.
On Thursday, a house committee was trying to agree on what is meant by murder and how to determine if a convicted felon has properly completed their sentence, but couldn't find a consensus.
Supervisor of Elections for Leon County, Mark Earley, says of the nearly 200 who registered in Leon County the day Amendment 4 went into effect on January 8, some voters may not be eligible once the legislature fine tunes the details.
"What crimes qualify or what type of felonies you might have been convicted of qualify under Amendment 4 to have your right automatically restored. And, of course, the key questions there are what constitutes a murder first degree, homicide second degree," said Earley. "There are some questions along those lines, same concepts, under sexual offenses."
Supervisor Earley says lawmakers plan to write legislation this March to clarify the confusion Amendment 4 is creating for elections supervisors.
