How Debt Is Impacting Voting Rights For Some Americans

In Florida, people who owe fines connected to their felonies cannot vote until they are paid up.

The right to vote is a sacred part of the American fabric. But that right can be lost with a felony conviction, which Angel Sanchez learned first-hand.

Newsy met him in Miami where he says he was arrested as a teen. After 12 years in prison and some time away to complete and undergraduate degree, he returned to Miami to graduate from law school.

"I, in fact, lost my right to vote before I even had the right to vote," Sanchez said.