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

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – 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.

That day arrived on March 17 when Florida held its presidential primary. For Riddle, it was her first opportunity to vote after a federal judge last fall temporarily barred the state of Florida from preventing her and 16 others from voting.

In a trial that starts Monday, her lawyers will argue before the same U.S. District Court judge to permanently undo a state law that requires felons to first settle their financial debts before regaining the

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