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Elections Experts Say Florida Should Modernize Rolls

Supervisors says Florida's failure to join the Electronic Registration Information Center. or ERIC, means it will be harder to weed out voters registered in multiple states.
Supervisors says Florida's failure to join the Electronic Registration Information Center. or ERIC, means it will be harder to weed out voters registered in multiple states.
Supervisors says Florida's failure to join the Electronic Registration Information Center. or ERIC, means it will be harder to weed out voters registered in multiple states.
Supervisors says Florida's failure to join the Electronic Registration Information Center. or ERIC, means it will be harder to weed out voters registered in multiple states.

Elections experts say Florida lawmakers dropped the ball when it comes to improving voter security.

Despite bi-partisan support, lawmakers adjourned without approving Florida’s entry into the national Electronic Registration Information Center.

Clay County Elections Supervisor Chris Chambless says ERIC makes it easier to scrub voters who are registered in more than one state. 

“And it helps in a number of other areas, for example, deceased voters who pass in a state other than their home state.”

The measure passed the House and two Senate committees but died when time ran out on the session. The failure comes at a time that President Donald Trump claims, without evidence, that voter fraud cost him the popular vote.

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Jim Ash is a reporter at WFSU-FM. A Miami native, he is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience, most of it in print. He has been a member of the Florida Capital Press Corps since 1992.
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