How Many Felons Register To Vote In Florida

By tyler kendall september 1 2020 7 20 am cbs news.

How many felons register to vote in florida. That s a much lower rate. A little more than 67 000 felons have registered to vote in florida under amendment 4 according to a voting rights group a smaller tally than the 1 4 million expected. While there are over 21 million floridians over 7 of them are former felons there are only 13 million registered voters in florida according to recent data. If all 1 4 million eligible former felons registered to vote they would make up roughly 10 of the voting population in the state. In july the state estimated about 85 000 felons had registered to vote.

In all more than 1 1 million floridians are unable to vote because they have felony convictions or owe court debts making florida the nation s disenfranchisement leader the report states. At least 67 000 felons registered to vote in florida group says while the number falls short of the estimated 1 4 million people the state voted to enfranchise in 2018 civil rights groups said it was still a historic moment. 3 election the florida rights restoration coalition says it saw a surge in registrations in the last two months. Group says 67 000 florida felons registered to vote in nov. In total they found about 19 500 felons whose rights were restored under crist voted in 2016 about 58 percent were registered democrats largely black 24 percent were registered republicans.

Ex felons are facing new hurdles when registering to vote in florida.