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Florida Democratic Party Calls on FL Secretary of State to Investigate Reports of South Florida Seniors Having Their Political Party Unknowingly Changed to Republican
Multiple reports suggest voter registration operatives with FL GOP are misleading elderly Floridians into changing their party affiliation to Republican
According to a report from Local 10 News, numerous residents of South Florida retirement homes have had their party affiliation unknowingly changed to Republican by Florida Republican Party operatives.
The report states that several residents of the Haley Sofge Towers, a Miami-Dade public housing complex, unknowingly had their party registration changed after “updating” their voter registration with “people with clipboard and Republican Party of Florida hats.”
This comes after a December 2021 report finding that an 84-year-old resident of Little Havana, who had been a lifelong Democrat, had her voter registration unknowingly changed to Republican after being approached by a third-party voter registration agent working on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida. There are suggestions that these operatives are deliberately confusing and taking advantage of elderly voters and voters who don’t speak fluent English.
In response, Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee calling on the Secretary to open an investigation into these irregularities to ensure that the Republican Party of Florida and related political organizations are not intentionally duping Florida voters.
Click here to read a copy of the letter.
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