Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. - Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS
MIAMI — When Romona Oliver registered to vote in early 2020 at the Hillsborough Tax Collector’s office, she was asked if she had a felony conviction. She said yes. The women helping her with the form submitted it, Oliver said. She said she was never asked specifically if her right to vote had been restored. Oliver, a Tampa resident, had recently been released from a women’s prison in Florida after serving a 20-year sentence for second-degree murder. In the last few months of her time in prison, Oliver said she’d read about Amendment 4, a constitutional amendment approved by about 65% of Florid...
