Source: KAREN VOYLES, Gainesville Sun, September 20, 2006

……. Sixty percent opposed private companies running state prisons – a few state prisons are currently run by private companies – and 73 percent favored allowing inmates to vote after completing their sentences, a process that is not automatic in Florida and can be convoluted for former felons.

Survey: 2006 Public Opinion Survey of Florida Citizens Concerning the Florida Department of Corrections (.pdf)