How Many Felons Register To Vote In Florida

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

How many felons register to vote in florida. But the euphoria was short lived. Several months later after a reported 12 600 felons registered mostly as democrats florida s republican legislature passed a law called sb7066 to clarify the. 3 election the florida rights restoration coalition says it saw a surge in registrations in the last two months. 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. That s a much lower rate.

Overall both the times herald propublica and georgetown analyses found that fewer than 8 percent of florida s felons have registered to vote since amendment 4 passed. By tyler kendall september 1 2020 7 20 am cbs news. 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. In july the state estimated about 85 000 felons had registered to vote. 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.

If all 1 4 million eligible former felons registered to vote they would make up roughly 10 of the voting population in the state.