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A group of human rights activists and politicians are fighting for the voting rights of former felons.

The group made up of a human rights activist, a former sheriff and Leon County Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho is asking Congress to pass a bill allowing former felons to cast ballots in federal elections. Currently, ex-felons have to wait five years and then ask the state clemency board to restore their civil rights. Sancho says the current law is creating second class citizens.

“There are 100s of thousand of Floridians forced to walk around with an invisible F for felons branded permanently on their identity,” said Sancho.

An estimated 500-thousand Floridians have lost their civil rights and can’t vote, hold public officer or own a gun. The group had asked the governor and state cabinet to automatically restore the rights of nonviolent offenders, but state leaders denied their request.