Duval County man says his party affiliation changed without his knowledge

[diehardblue]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Voters have been casting ballots all day on Tuesday, but some voters are saying they’ve had problems.

That includes one man who said his party affiliation was changed without his knowledge.

“This morning I was the first one in there to vote actually. And when I go to vote they give me a ballot. There were only two things on the ballot so I asked the young lady, where’s the other candidates? She says may be your party affiliation. I said, well I’m a Democrat. I looked at my voter registration card and it says NPA. I have no idea who changed it, when they changed it and all. Here’s my old one that says Democrat,” George Erwin said.

The Supervisor of Elections Office told News4JAX it is unusual but it can happen.

It’s unclear what happened in this man’s specific case, but in general, people can unknowingly change their party affiliation when they go to the DMV to renew their driver’s license. They can be asked if they declare a party or NPA.

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/08/23/duval-county-man-says-his-party-affiliation-changed-without-his-knowledge/

[MagickMuffin]

1. I heard in the last election that this was happening in FL

As long as this is corrected at the polls and the voter still gets to vote for the candidates of their choice then I guess that would be fixed right then and there.

[TheRealNorth]

5. That is my question...

Can you change your party affiliation at the polls? I would not put it past the Republicans targeting democratic voters who may vote for the "stronger" primary candidate by changing their party affiliation and trying to disqualify them from voting in the primary. This could then result in the "weaker" candidate winning.

[mackdaddy]

2. Sounds like a Job for DeSatan's election Squad...

They can throw some clueless clerk in jail.

[durablend]

4. Or throw the voter in jail for voting for the "wrong" person.

"If you'd voted for the right person to begin with, none of this would've happened!!!!"

[bullimiami]

3. This is such a stupid waste of effort. What? He's going to suddenly vote different?

[gratuitous]

6. Or he doesn't cast a ballot at all

In many states, and it sounds like Florida is one, you can vote in your party's primary only if you're registered with that party. This voter got the wind up when he received a primary ballot with two items on it, instead of all the Democratic races. It wouldn't matter in a general election, but it does for the primaries.

Keep your eyes peeled, folks. And tell your friends and neighbors to double- and triple-check your registration.

[scarletlib]

7. That's a BS explanation.

Republican groups South Florida tricked hundreds of elderly citizens by changing them from Democratic to Republican. So far seems nothing has happened to the perpetrators.

My thoughts are that this is a Republican plan to artificially boost their statewide numbers and maybe to call voter fraud if outcomes don’t match their expectations.