What happened to 286,935 voters? Registrations suddenly drop in Broward, Palm Beach counties sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As of November 30, the number of active registered voters in the Sunshine State decreased by 996,676 voters from 2022 to 2023, according to data from the Florida Department of State.
Broward, the state’s second largest county, had a robust roll of active registered voters at the beginning of December: 1.28 million. By the start of 2024, the number suddenly had plunged — to 1.09 million. A few months earlier, records show, Palm Beach County saw a large downward bump as well. The county went from 946,189 active registered voters at the end of September to 847,617 a month .
A state senator who is one of the Republican Party’s leaders on voting issues has introduced legislation that would all-but-eliminate mail voting in Florida, affecting millions of people who’ve come to prefer filling out their ballots at home rather than lining up at polling stations. State Sen. Blaise Ingoglia of Spring Hill, a former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, filed the .
Republican plan would eliminate almost all mail voting in Florida sun-sentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sun-sentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.