Florida voting advocates are fighting to keep the voting rolls accurate

Florida belonged to the Electronic Voter Registration System, known as ERIC, for about three years. The system is considered highly accurate by elections professionals. But last year Florida left, joining a small group of other deep red states. Now, an election watch group is trying to raise attention to the issue ahead of November.

Laurel Lee was Florida’s secretary of state when Gov. Ron DeSantis steered Florida into ERIC. She was pleased that more than 4 million adults would receive postcards directing them to the state’s online voter registration portal, relying on data from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

“In the coming weeks, we will be contacting those potentially eligible voters with a postcard," she said. "The estimate that we have is that this could be over four million.”

At the time, DeSantis endorsed joining ERIC.