The League of Women Voters urged 2020 voters to register and vote for the candidates of their choice, whether at the polls on Election Day, in early voting, or by mail-in ballot. The league opposes Republican-sponsored bills to curtail methods of voting. Credit: League of Women Voters of Florida
Following Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new election security office charging 20 Florida residents with felonies connected to alleged voter fraud, state data show those individuals are in Florida’s largest voting strongholds, with about 40 to 48 percent Democrats in five urban counties.
So far, the state’s investigation has resulted in arrests in those populated counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orange and Hillsborough counties. In all five of those counties, Democrats have much higher voter registration compared to Republicans, according to data from the state division of elections. Florida voters go to the polls Tuesday for primary elections.
For instance, state data show that Broward has 597,190 registered Democrats, compared to 262,390 Republicans. Overall, Democrats make up 48 percent of voters in Broward. DeSantis chose Broward last week when he held a press conference on election fraud in Fort Lauderdale.
Miami-Dade has 576,319 registered Democrats and 429,422, with about 38 percent Democrats. In Orange County in central Florida, about 42 percent of voters are Democrats; In Hillsborough, about 37 percent and Palm Beach, 40 percent.
Overall, 17 individuals who...
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