To the Editor:

Re “Florida’s 1.5 Million Missing Voters” (editorial, Jan. 3):

We support the Florida initiative that would re-enfranchise 1.5 million Floridians who have completed their sentences for felony convictions and applaud the editorial board for endorsing it. But the initiative still falls short: Those who have been convicted of murder or sex offenses would still be barred from voting, as would the estimated 200,000 people incarcerated or on parole or probation in Florida.

Criminal justice reform continues to adhere to a false binary of who is worthy versus unworthy. As your editorial mentions, criminal disenfranchisement was adopted to uphold white supremacy. In order for democracy to function, elected officials must be accountable to everyone they represent, which only universal suffrage can ensure. It’s time for Florida’s voters to step up and restore the most fundamental constitutional right to all of their neighbors.

RACHEL COREY, ELLY KALFUS

BOSTON

The writers are co-founders of Ballots Over Bars, a campaign to re-enfranchise all people incarcerated in Massachusetts.

To the Editor:

Your editorial is correct that a proposed state constitutional amendment would “automatically restore voting rights to the vast majority of Floridians” who are disenfranchised because they are felons, but it is quite wrong in asserting that this is a “pointless policy” that is “explicitly racist.”