How come there are 6,437 registered voters in Alachua County

[DoYouEverWonder]

who don't know what sex they are? I've lived here for over 10 years and I don't think I've even met one person in this town, who didn't know what sex they were?


Total Voters Democrat Republican Other Libertarian Green

WHITE 100,694 46,607 34,425 18,927 460 275
BLACK 21,550 18,074 848 2620 2 6
HISPANIC 4,891 1,92 1,227 1,645 18 9
AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKAN 467 208 127 126 4 2
ASIAN / PACIFIC 2,611 1,047 549 1,002 6 7
OTHER 12,285 4,141 2,471 5,566 60 47
WHITE MALE 46,443 19,300 17,116 9,536 350 141
BLACK MALE 8,121 6,531 422 1,162 1 5
HISPANIC MALE 2,152 800 581 758 11 2
AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKAN MALE 220 94 69 53 4 0
ASIAN / PACIFIC MALE 1,137 418 256 456 2 5
OTHER MALE 3,480 1,296 838 1,286 37 23
WHITE FEMALE 53,214 26,913 16,962 9,113 100 126
BLACK FEMALE 13,108 11,295 415 1,396 1 1
HISPANIC FEMALE 2,619 1,141 621 843 7 7
AMERICAN INDIAN / ALASKAN FEMALE 233 110 55 66 0 2
ASIAN / PACIFIC FEMALE 1,420 615 280 519 4 2
OTHER FEMALE 3,914 1,827 752 1,307 14 14
SEX UNSPECIFIED 6,437 1,729 1,280 3,391 19 18
**TOTAL** 142,498 72,069 39,647 29,886 550 346

[On the Road]

1. They Just Didn't Want YOU to Know

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. The voter registration app

requires ID and that you check either male or female on the form. There is no provision for selecting other or ambiguous.

[On the Road]

8. They Probably Left it Blank

A lot of people either don't want to be bothered or are worried about privacy for some reason.

Were you implying that incompletely filled out registration forms might be fraudulent? Hadn't thought of that. Maybe comparing to a national average might give a clue.

[Winamericaback]

3. Gainesville

You could either say they didn't want anybody to know or just didn't fill that part out OR

There could be people that don't want to be objectified by their sex OR people who live as another gender.

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Yet 1729 of them registered REP?

You would think folks like that would register IND?

[Winamericaback]

5. Yes you would think..

but who knows anymore...

[Lil]

7. Doublechecking:

Doesn't beg the question re:

"requires ID and that you check either male or female on the form. There is no provision for selecting other or ambiguous."

but if these colums are correct - "Other" got the high ones and Dems the next??

..............Total Voters/ Democrat/ Republican/ Other/ Libertarian/Green

SEX UNSPECIFIED 6,437/ 1,729 / 1,280 / 3,391 / 19 / 18

It is curious that they would allow this and not allow one without the check mark for citizen box filled in.

[Eloriel]

6. Oh, THIS one deserves a

:kick: fer shure.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. When asked questions about my race and gender,

I will often leave that blank. I don't think that it is relevant to identify myself that way all the time.

[soup]

10. Not sure if this is still valid

since it's dated January 5, 1998.

* Florida requires little verification of registration information.

Florida currently does not require a voter registrant to provide a Social Security number or Florida Driver's License number. In fact, in 1997, Florida dropped the requirement that a registrant provide gender, race or ethnicity information when registering. When registering, Florida requires merely an "indication" that the registrant is a U.S. Citizen, is not a convicted felon, or is not adjudicated mentally incapacitated. While submitting a false voter registration application is a third degree felony (as of 1/1/98), the current trend to require little if any verifying information at the time one registers makes effective auditing, review, or investigative follow-up virtually useless to pursue. (Florida law allows the applicant to volunteer the information, but does not require that it be provided as a requisite for registration.) In reality, Florida has implemented a standard that is in essence little more than "trust me at my word alone" in registering to vote.
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/publications/voter_fraud.asp

[goclark]

11. kick for questions

[soup]

12. Florida Voter Registration Form

The application form does have a section for M/F, but it doesn't appear to be mandatory.

Voter Registration
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/regtovote/regform.shtml

pdf application form (Adobe Acrobat)
http://election.dos.state.fl.us/regtovote/webappform.pdf

[goclark]

13. kick again for answers

I don't know about your state's forms but CA's form need eyes that are no older than 45 yrs. old.

It is printed with light green ink on white paper.

The boxes that you are to circle are tiny.