{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-field.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-fight-for-voting-rights-in-florida-eWjSNHpW","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Fight For Voting Rights in Florida","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4324a508-1773-4f3b-be48-d9b4ebed510a/760d4af7-7da0-4044-8c82-0a951c1a42f1/2bfbe57c01e7aa469c01f68c46da06d02145fe901c27b0fb304b8feef6083bf746591e710da339d889bacea193f994c718319e157acb0ffa47a1fc3ca5c89891.jpeg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/0bab4964-db14-44a0-845d-a53cb80c0d9c\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Fight For Voting Rights in Florida\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This episode contains strong language. \n\nDuring much of this election cycle, Julius Irving of Gainesville, Fla., spent his days trying to get former felons registered to vote.\n\nHe would tell them about Florida’s Amendment Four, a ballot initiative that extended the franchise to those who had, in the past, been convicted on felony charges — it added an estimated 1.5 million people to the electorate, the nation’s largest voting expansion in four decades.\n\nOn today’s episode, Nicholas Casey, a national politics reporter, spends time with Mr. Irving in Gainesville and explores the voting rights battle in Florida.\n\nGuest: Nicholas Casey, a national politics reporter for The New York Times. \n\nFor more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily \n\nBackground reading: Former prisoners can now go to the polls in Florida. But fines remain one obstacle. Believing anything will make a difference is another. That’s where Julius Irving comes in."}