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The exclusion of eligible voters from the file was a central part of the controversy surrounding the US presidential elections in 2000, which hinged on results in Florida. The 'Florida Central Voter File' was replaced by the Florida Voter Registration System on January 1, 2006, when a new federal law, the Help America Vote Act, came into effect.
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (the "Motor Voter" law) required state governments to either provide uniform opt-in registration services through drivers' license registration centers, disability centers, schools, libraries, and mail-in registration, or to allow voter registration on Election Day, where voters can register at ...
All U.S. states and territories, except North Dakota, require voter registration by eligible citizens before they can vote in federal, state and local elections. In North Dakota, cities in the state may register voters for city elections, [1] and in other cases voters must provide identification and proof of entitlement to vote at the polling place before being permitted to vote.
A voter identification law is a law that requires a person to show some form of identification in order to vote. In some jurisdictions requiring photo IDs, voters who do not have photo ID often must have their identity verified by someone else (such as in Sweden ) or sign a Challenged Voter Affidavit (such as in New Hampshire ) in order to ...
Proponents of voter ID laws cite the registration of dead and out-of-state voters as a vulnerability in the electoral system as cause for concern even if there is no evidence of improper voting. A 2012 report by the Pew Center of the 2008 elections showed that more than 1.8 million deceased people remain registered to vote nationwide.
In 2020, voter turnout in Florida was 71.8%. So far in 2024, 58.7% cast their ballots either in early voting or by mail.
Florida previously had rigorous felony disenfranchisement laws that denied approximately 400,000 people the privilege of voting [2] In 2007, at the urging of Gov. Charlie Crist, the laws were relaxed, allowing hundreds of thousands of non-violent offenders to regain their voting rights after having served their prison terms. [3]
During the last election cycle two years ago, Black voter turnout was down significantly, contributing to across-the-board losses for Florida Democrats. This year is different, leaders say.