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>> Sreenivasan: THIS ELECTION DAY, MORE THAN SIX MILLION AMERICANS WILL BE UNABLE TO VOTE BECAUSE OF FELONY CONVICTIONS ON THEIR RECORDS. MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THEM LIVE IN FLORIDA, WHERE 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE, ABOUT 10% OF THE STATE'S VOTING AGE POPULATION, HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY. FLORIDA IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR STATES WHOSE CONSTITUTIONS PERMANENTLY BAR PEOPLE WITH SUCH CONVICTIONS FROM VOTING. BUT A NEW MEASURE ON FLORIDA'S NOVEMBER BALLOT MAY BRING A CHANGE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME WITH FELONY CONVICTIONS TO GAIN BACK A BASIC CIVIL RIGHT, THE RIGHT TO VOTE. NEWSHOUR WEEKEND'S YVETTE FELICIANO HAS THE STORY. >> Reporter: DEMETRIUS JIFUNZA NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD FIND HIMSELF IN PRISON. HE SAYS THAT, GROWING UP IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, HE WAS AN AVERAGE KID WITH A SUPPORTIVE FAMILY. >> SO, YOU SEE HOW YOU SWITCHED IT? YOU HAD TEN PLUS FIVE HERE. >> Reporter: BUT AS HE GREW OLDER, HE STARTED HANGING OUT WITH A TOUGH CROWD. WHEN HE WAS 17, HE AND THREE OF HIS FRIENDS HELD UP A FAST F