Desmond Meade, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, left, and David Ayala, husband of State Attorney Aramis Ayala, celebrate after registering to vote at the Supervisor of Elections in Orlando. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
After his bid for a pardon was blocked, Florida felons’ voting-rights leader Desmond Meade said the decision made him even more committed to continuing his work.
Meade, a former drug dealer who has garnered international accolades after leading the drive to pass a 2018 constitutional amendment to restore voting rights for felons, said he’s been waiting two decades to have his civil rights, which include the right to sit on juries and run for public office, restored.
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