Now, as the presidential primary descends upon his state, Meade is gathering signatures for a ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to allow Floridians convicted for non-violent crimes to automatically have their voting rights restored after completing their prison sentence, parole and probation. He and the other members of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition are more than two-thirds of the way toward gathering the roughly 68,000 signatures needed to force the state Supreme Court to consider putting the measure to Florida voters in 2018.