Check It For Yourself!

On July 1, People For the American Way Foundation received from the Florida Division of Elections an electronic copy of a list of more than 47,000 registered Florida voters who the Division thinks may be ineligible to vote because of felony convictions. This list is now a public record available for inspection and copying by anyone as a result of the decision on July 1 by the Leon County Circuit Court in CNN v. Florida Department of State. The Supervisor of Elections in each Florida county has the list, and may use it as part of the basis to purge voters from the registration rolls. The state has admitted, however, that there may very well be errors on the list. For example, the Miami Herald reported on July 2 that there are more than 2100 voter names erroneously on the list because they have received clemency and their rights have been restored. Others erroneously on the list may well never have been convicted of a felony at all.

We have urged all county supervisors to independently verify the accuracy of the list. In addition, using this website, Florida voters can check for themselves to see if their names are wrongly included on the potential felon list and TAKE ACTION. Here’s what to do:

Want to find out if you are on this list? Click on the first letter of your last name below. Search the document that opens in the new window for your name; it will list all names with that letter and the county in which the state claims each is registered to vote.

Click Here for the list.

If you are on the list in error, contact your supervisor of elections. A list of Florida supervisors of elections is here. Or, call the Election Protection Voter Hotline for assistance at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)

Note: Even if a voter’s name does not appear on this list, it is still possible that a county supervisor may seek to remove the voter’s name as part of list maintenance activities for this or some other reason, for which we cannot be responsible. Any voter with questions or concerns about their registration status should contact their county supervisor.

To volunteer for Election Protection, click here.