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Florida restricts recently restored voting rights to felons

Florida restricts recently restored voting rights to felons

Voting rights activists in the US state of Florida say they have been forced backwards by a new amendment imposing restrictions on people with criminal records.

More than a million convicted felons had their voting rights restored at the beginning of the year.

But now thousands are struggling to get to the ballot box.

Al Jazeera's Andy Gallacher reports from Miami.

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