Next week's election could be a game changer for millions of Floridians who, at some point, have been convicted of a felony but have since returned to society.Amendment 4 would grant them the right to vote as long as the crime they were convicted of wasn't murder or a sexual offense.While opponents think the restoration of their right to vote should be done on a case by case basis, local residents who would be impacted are hopeful the right to vote will be the first step towards regaining all of their civil rights at some point."We're all human, and we all make mistakes. People do change, and I'm a prime example," said Demarcus Womack, 27, who works in football operations management at Bethune-Cookman University. Womack is also a convicted felon.Womack was convicted of assault in a shooting in Parramore in 2010."They came at me with a plea, and having little knowledge about the law, they told me the murder charges would disappear and I wanted to go home, so I signed them, not knowing it would affect me in the long run," Womack said.During his 30-month stay in the Orange County Jail, Womack lost his grandmother and he vowed to spend the rest of his life trying to be someone she could look down on and be proud of.His way to get there? Football."I just felt like my athletic ability could help me matter to society again," he said.And it worked.After he got out, Womack landed a spot on the BCU football team."We are about building men here, and about giving second chances," Womack said.After finishing his playing career, he earned a job at BCU.He's now working toward earning a graduate degree in criminal justice, but he is still one of more than one million Floridians who has been convicted of a felony who is ineligible to vote, sit on a jury or hold public office."It's like society kind of writes you off," Womack said."I had to check the box asking if you are a felon, and I couldn't get a job for weeks and weeks," said Neil Volz, of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. He is also a convicted felon.Volz grew up in Ohio, but moved to Florida to start over after being convicted of fraud."I really blew up my life. I lost my job, my house, got divorced," Volz said.There, he worked his way up from volunteering, to becoming program director at a homeless shelter.Volz now works with the growing second chance movement to restore civil rights to convicted felons, fighting for Amendment Four on next week's ballot.Currently in Florida, some convicted felons can apply to have their rights restored with the state's clemency board, The Florida Commission on Offender Review -- but it's a long shot.In 2011, of the more than 13,000 people who applied for clemency, only 78 had it granted to them.Eligibility requirements got a lot more stringent when Gov. Rick Scott took office and last year, only 2,500 people applied, of which, 518 had it granted.Ashley Moody is currently running to be Florida's attorney general."I don't necessarily support the Amendment. I think it was too broad in scope," she said.Moody is not alone. Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis also opposes Amendment Four."Many felons reoffend, and I think it's wrong to automatically give them a free pass to be able to vote without them showing that they can be back in our community," DeSantis said.If elected, both Moody and DeSantis would be on the state clemency board that decides who gets their rights restored.Either way, Womack said he is now focused on a new road of redemption: fatherhood.WESH 2 News asked Womack what he will say to his son."I'm going to tell him, 'Your daddy made some decisions, but bruh, I got it right for you. You are all that matters now."Under the current system, felons must not only complete their sentence, parole and probation, but they must then wait five to seven years before they can even apply to have their civil rights restored.But if Amendment 4 passes, a felon's rights would automatically be restored as long as they were not convicted of murder or a sexual offense.