1 million voters have been purged from Florida's rolls as number of registered Democrats drops by nearly 10% while Republicans only lose 3% of registered voters
dailymail.co.uk
The active registered voters with the Florida Democratic Party fell by 467,337 voters or nearly 10 percent. The active registered voters with the Republican Part of Florida decreased by 153,369 or approximately three percent.
The overall number of voters purged from the rolls is likely to increase after Decembers data is collected, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, due to routine list maintenance.
However, the decline in registered voters is concerning to some heading into this years election season as people brace for a highly contentious presidential race and hot-button issues like abortion are expected to be on the state ballot.
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There isn't enough meat here to say if this is expected or nefarious. For one thing those in FL over 90 yrs are a few percentage more registered D than R. So voters removed from rolls due to SSA dB death records or FL death records will favor D over R by 5%
We don't know how many are students, which are the largest group of purged through postcard address verification. Moving states, registering in other counties, not updating address, etc. Younger FL voters are more likely registered D than R.
You'd want to look at AAMVA and ERIC lookups, and where the purges come from. You are also removed from voter rolls for not voting in recent federal general elections (last two)
On the other hand, Florida Republicans have actively improperly ratfucked the rolls like 2000.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/united-states-v-state-florida
https://www.projectvote.org/press-releases/florida-purge-program-was-illegal-rules-federal-court/
https://www.usccr.gov/files/pubs/vote2000/report/exesum.htm
Its precisely because they have such a shit reputation that these headlines ring alarm bells.
That's a really good response / addition for addition context. Thank you.