1 in 3 Florida residents eligible to vote is not registered to do so, according to a nonprofit that helped launch a statewide drive to sign people up on National Voter Registration Day. - NBCLatino
“There are more than 100,000 new potential registrants,” said Yanidsi Velez, senior state director for the Hispanic Federation. “There is a lot of work to do.”
Andrea Mercado, executive director of New Florida Majority, said they had registered many young people, some who were formally incarcerated, and others. They had 4,000 volunteers in 2018, and Mercado said she wouldn’t be surprised if next year they have 5,000. For decades, Florida has had a constant influx of immigrants from Latin America, creating a new pool of potential voters to register as they become citizens. The wave of Puerto Ricans who have been settling in the Interstate 4 corridor also keep canvassers occupied.
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