TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - Some are describing it as a monumental event as they walk into the Leon County Supervisor of Elections building to register to vote.
Amendment 4 went into effect Tuesday for voting rights restored to ex-felons, but is there a chance that for some that right could be revoked?
In an interview with the Palm Beach Post, then Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis said Amendment 4 should not take effect until implementing language is approved by the legislature and signed by him in March.
It's all about further clarifying which ex-felons should and shouldn't have their voting rights restored based upon the type of felony they were charged with.
"In the realm of sexual offenses and maybe even some murder type offenses. I think that will be decided possibly by the legislature but more likely by the court," said Mark Early, Supervisor of Elections in Leon County.
So will some ex-felons who registered to vote be found ineligible or get into legal trouble by registering? Early said if the state finds evidence that makes them believe the person isn't eligible there will be an eligibility review hearing at his office.
"The worst that can happen is you are just taken back off the roles," said Early.
But even the uncertainty surrounding the restoration couldn't dampen the spirits of those regaining the right to be counted, their vote heard, after in some cases decades of silence.
"To have them is like a basketball game, three seconds left and LeBron James shoots the winning basket. The crowd erupts. It's a moment that you'll never forget," said Pastor Gregory James.
An estimated 1.5 million former felons regained the right to vote Tuesday.
