WASHINGTON – The RNC and Florida GOP are intervening to stop Democrats’ attempts to dismantle voter registration verification requirements in Florida.

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley stated: “The voter registration matching law is a commonsense election safeguard that protects against fraud. Election officials should confirm that the person registering is who they claim to be, plain and simple. In attacking this protection, Democrats have once again proven they want an election system that makes it easier to cheat. We are defending the law to uphold election integrity in Florida.”

Background:   

• Leftist groups filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Cord Byrd, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other Floridian election officials challenging the state’s voter registration match law.
• The law requires certain identifying information on a voter’s registration application, such as a driver’s license or state identification number or the last four digits of a social security number, to exactly match the numbers in state and federal databases.
• We are intervening to uphold the law as we are committed to election integrity in Florida and across the country for our most important election.

Read the filing HERE.