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Trial set to begin over Florida's felon voting rights law

by Associated Press
| April 27, 2020 12:03 AM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Betty Riddle took her place at the head of the line at a Sarasota community center early one morning in March, butterflies rising in her stomach. In and out of prison for much of her life, she never thought the day would come when she would be casting her first ballot — at age 62.

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