Florida Same-Day Voter Registration Initiative (2022)
| Florida Same-Day Voter Registration Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Suffrage | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Florida Same-Day Voter Registration Initiative (Initiative #21-09) was not on the ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.
Measure design
The initiative would have provided for same-day voter registration in which an individual could register to vote and vote at polling places on the day of an election.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed title was as follows:[1]
| “ | Register and Vote Amendment[2] | ” |
Ballot summary
The proposed ballot summary was as follows:[1]
| “ | This amendment allows a U.S. citizen who is eligible to vote under Florida law to both register and vote at the same time at early voting sites during early voting and at polling places on Election Day. This amendment does not change the eligibility requirements to register to vote. Effective July 1, 2023.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text can be accessed here.
Sponsors
Florida Votes Matter sponsored the initiative.[1]
Background
Same-day voter registration
As of April 21, 2021, the following states had enacted same-day registration provisions:[3]
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Florida, the number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment is equal to 8% of the votes cast in the preceding presidential election. Florida also has a signature distribution requirement, which requires that signatures equaling at least 8% of the district-wide vote in the last presidential election be collected from at least half (14) of the state's 28 congressional districts. Signatures remain valid until February 1 of an even-numbered year.[6] Signatures must be verified by February 1 of the general election year the initiative aims to appear on the ballot.
Proposed measures are reviewed by the state attorney general and state supreme court after proponents collect 25% of the required signatures across the state in each of one-half of the state's congressional districts (222,898 signatures for 2024 ballot measures). After these preliminary signatures have been collected, the secretary of state must submit the proposal to the Florida Attorney General and the Financial Impact Estimating Conference (FIEC). The attorney general is required to petition the Florida Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on the measure's compliance with the single-subject rule, the appropriateness of the title and summary, and whether or not the measure "is facially invalid under the United States Constitution."[7]
The requirements to get an initiative certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 891,589 valid signatures
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was February 1, 2022. As election officials have 30 days to check signatures, petitions should be submitted at least one month before the verification deadline.
In Florida, proponents of an initiative file signatures with local elections supervisors, who are responsible for verifying signatures. Supervisors are permitted to use random sampling if the process can estimate the number of valid signatures with 99.5% accuracy. Enough signatures are considered valid if the random sample estimates that at least 115% of the required number of signatures are valid.
Details about the initiative
- The initiative was sponsored by Florida Votes Matter and was approved for circulation on May 28, 2021.[1]
- The measure was withdrawn on September 21, 2021. At the time, 82 valid signatures for the initiative had been filed with the Division of Elections.[1]
See also
External links
- Florida Division of Elections: Initiatives, Amendments, and Revisions database
- Initiative 21-09 information
- Initiative 21-09 full text
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Florida Department of Elections, "Initiative 20-09," accessed June 3, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Same Day Voter Registration," June 28, 2019
- ↑ Colorado is a vote-by-mail state. In order to vote by mail, registration must be completed at least eight days prior to the election. If voting in person on Election Day, a voter can register at the polls.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Same-day registration in Maryland and North Carolina applies only to the early voting period.
- ↑ Before the passage of Florida Senate Bill 1794 of 2020, signatures remained valid for a period of two years
- ↑ Florida State Senate, "Florida Senate Bill 1794," accessed April 13, 2020
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