Following the 2022 elections, which saw historically low turnout for Florida Democrats — intentional changes in election laws targeting voters who sat out 2022 caused a dramatic rise in the number of inactive voters in the state.
Over the past year, Florida Republicans have been quick to take victory laps on their voter registration lead — but in reality, the active voter count does not tell the whole story.
- Republicans report a voter registration gap of nearly 800,000, but when you factor in inactive voters across the state — a number that has skyrocketed because of Republican voter suppression laws — the real voter registration gap between Democrats and Republicans in Florida is around 509,000 voters.
- Inactive voters are still eligible to vote on election day, but they stop being counted in official voter registration totals — in many cases, they stop receiving campaign materials reminding them to vote.
- Democrats are disproportionately affected by these new laws and marked as inactive at substantially higher rates — enabling Republicans to benefit from these voter suppression tactics and inflate their perceived voter registration lead.
- Many inactive voters only vote in presidential years and have been marked inactive due to the impact of changes made by SB 7050. As a result, we expect a large increase in the number of active voters in December 2024, following the 2024 general election.
The Florida Democratic Party is taking proactive measures to fight back against Republican voter suppression — actively re-engaging voters that have been marked as inactive since 2020, calling voters to notify them of the changes and urging them to take action to change their voter status back to active. To check your current voter status here in Marion County, Florida, click the button below!