Florida plans on the selective use of it’s new “no match, no vote” law for the November election. The law requires a voter to use a driver license or social security number to match against a state or federal database. Florida intends to enforce this law only with the 130,000 voters who are newly registered.
Other states have similar laws but none as strict as Florida’s. If a voter’s status is questioned, other states allow the voter to present evidence so a vote can be cast on election day. In Florida, the voter must use a provisional ballot and clear up the problem after election day. The extra effort will require a voter to make a special trip or miss work to ensure that his or her vote is valid.
A similar law in Wisconsin was dropped when officials discovered one in four voters would be disenfranchised because of typos and other errors.
