Florida has shown that, when you crack down on lawbreakers and fraudsters, the problems tend to go away. As November draws closer and closer, we pray that others would follow the Sunshine State’s example!

From The Federalist. Florida lawmakers showed their willingness to crack down on third-party organizations who break the law when registering voters — and in response, the groups have significantly slimmed down their operations in the Sunshine State, according to a report from WUSF.

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Florida’s legislature passed SB 7050 in 2023. The law increased fines on third-party voter registration groups who deliver a registration application after the deadline, return incorrectly filled out registration forms, alter a voter’s registration form, or deliver applications to the wrong counties. The law also prohibited third-party groups from pre-filling registration forms and harvesting voters’ data from their registration forms. …

Fines are capped at $250,000 per year.

Since the legislation went into effect, counties have seen a “dramatic reduction” in the number of registrations returned, according to WUSF. Left-leaning Leon County saw voter registration applications go from 10,000 in 2021 and 2022 to just six since last year, according to the report. …

Mi Vecino Florida was one of a handful of groups that registered more than 36,000 voters in 2021, according to the local outlet. The group is now just focusing on “educating voters,” according to their state field director Verónica Herrera-Lucha.

Republican Secretary of State Cord Byrd said the law was necessary to hold accountable some third-party groups that are “frequent violators,” because “when they mess up it disenfranchises a voter.” …

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(Excerpt from The Federalist. Photo Credit: studioroman via Canva Pro)