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RandySF

(65,627 posts)
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 04:10 AM Jun 30

Palm Beach elections office alerts 30,000 voters to update registration details

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — The Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office has notified about 30,000 registered voters about missing information in their voter registration records.

According to Florida Election laws, individuals need to have their Florida driver's license number, Florida identification number, or the last four digits of their Social Security Number to request a Vote-by-Mail ballot or make changes to their registration record.

The elections office sent these voters a form and a pre-addressed stamped envelope to help them update their information.

The voters were also instructed to update their voter registration online at VotePalmBeach.gov.

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Palm Beach elections office alerts 30,000 voters to update registration details (Original Post) RandySF Jun 30 OP
Another purge attempt? Think. Again. Jun 30 #1
Just the opposite. hay rick Jun 30 #2
Right, so doesn't the mail-in-ballot request form ask for this additional info? Think. Again. Jun 30 #3
The form does request this information. hay rick Jun 30 #4

Think. Again.

(14,903 posts)
1. Another purge attempt?
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 04:15 AM
Jun 30

According to the OP, this info is needed if they want to request a vote-by-mail ballot, so isn't this info just part of the vote-by-mail request form?

hay rick

(8,012 posts)
2. Just the opposite.
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 08:44 PM
Jun 30

The request for a vote by mail requires the voter to give either their Florida Driver's License number or the last 4 digits of their SS number. The Supervisor of Election gets this information from the voter, not government agencies. Notifying the voter that the SOE is not in possession of this information gives the voter the opportunity to provide the information and become eligible to order a mail ballot.

hay rick

(8,012 posts)
4. The form does request this information.
Sun Jun 30, 2024, 10:34 PM
Jun 30

My understanding is that the information provided has to match information already provided on a voter registration form. Long time residents may have been registered before that ID information was required, hence is not on file. My Supervisor of Elections sent out similar notices at least a year ago. She was a long time resident and was one of the voters who had to provide that information. If there is a suppression element it would be that the notices are being sent out so close to the start of voting for the August primary.

I suppose the justification is that it is easier to look up a local file rather than run confirmation through an external government agency. Vote by mail requests can also be ordered by phone. Our local party sends out robocalls, text messages, emails, and postcards prompting Democrats to sign up so that the Supervisor's office is prone to receive such requests in inconvenient clumps.

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