To: The Florida State House, The Florida State Senate, and Governor Ron DeSantis
Governor Rick Scott: We need real election reform now, including no less than 14 days of early vo...
This campaign has ended.
It is outrageous that in 2012, voters were forced to wait in long lines for up to 7 hours to cast their vote. And according to a recent report, an estimated 201,000 Floridians were discouraged from voting on November 6th because of these long lines. That is completely unacceptable.
We must ensure the right to vote for all Floridians is not suppressed by enacting these electoral reforms without delay:
1) Return the number of days of early voting to a mandatory 14 days
2) Keep the early voting locations open for no less than 12 hours a day
3) Provide Supervisors of Elections more flexibility in picking early voting locations
4) Limit the length of Constitutional Amendments placed on the ballot by the legislature to 75 words
5) Allow voters to update their voter registration address on Election Day if they move from one county to another
We the undersigned believe the right to vote shall not be infringed.
Why is this important?
On November 6th, voters in Florida were subject to long lines — sometimes waiting up to 7 hours, just to cast their vote. There were even voters in Miami-Dade County who were unable to vote until 1:30 a.m., long after the polls closed.
Rick Scott and his Tallahassee politician puppets passed a sweeping voter suppression bill in 2011 that cut early voting from 14 days to 8, causing outrageously long lines we saw this past November.
And those long lines had consequences. According to a new report, an estimated 201,000 Floridians were discouraged from voting. That is completely unacceptable. It is time we call on the governor and state legislature to fix the chaos they created.
We must ensure the right to vote for all Floridians is not suppressed. Join Florida Watch Action as we call on Governor Rick Scott and the Florida legislature to enact real election reform without delay, including no less than 14 days of early voting.