Voting Rights

RIGHTS RESTORATION DATABASE
The ACLU of Florida and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition launched an online search tool that enables people with past felony convictions in Florida to search state records and find out if their civil rights, including their voting rights, have been restored. The online search tool is available on both web sites: www.restorerights.org and www.aclufl.org.

“It is imperative that the State makes the process of rights restoration automatic and paperwork free. But, until that time, there needs to be an easy way for Floridians with past felony convictions to determine their status,” said Muslima Lewis, Director of the ACLU of Florida’s Racial Justice and Voting Rights Projects, and FRRC member. “That’s precisely what we’ve done with this tool. This is a simple way to provide important civil rights restoration information to Florida citizens.”
The search tool not only allows individuals to search State clemency records, but it also enables them to contact the Office of Executive Clemency to request a certificate of civil rights restoration if they find that their rights have been restored. This is essential because many people have had their civil rights restored but do not even know it.