Dems getting ready for a 2020 Florida narrative, some see it as inevitable

The Florida Democrats were put on notice Saturday and the new director of protection of state electors told them to wait for a recount in the presidential election. next year.

Brandon Peters, who was hired by the State party in May, told a room filled with Democratic activists gathered in Orlando that teams of volunteers would be trained on how to monitor county solicitation councils for narrative issues. around the state.

"We will be ready," Peters said at the party's 2019 Blue Leadership meeting.

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Florida made the headlines after the 2000 presidential election. Last year, the state was again in the spotlight after a recount in three races on the scale of l & # 39; State. The stories revealed a network of voting problems in Broward and Palm Beach counties, prompting national, local and national leaders to call the Sunshine State an election issue. Recounts also led to the resignation of struggling Broward County elections chief Brenda Snipes.

The Democratic Party of Florida is the second largest democratic party in the nation to have hired a director of voter protection, behind the Democratic Party of Georgia. state-races-to-recount-time

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The Democratic Party of Florida is the second largest democratic party in the nation to have hired a director of voter protection, behind the Democratic Party of Georgia.

Peters said that in July 2020, he hoped to have 15,000 lawyers and volunteers on hand to solve voter problems.

These problems include making it difficult for ex-detainees to be registered after Florida voters last year passed a constitutional amendment reinstating voting rights to 1.4 million people and creating more deadlines. short for postal polls, Peters said.

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is committed to signing a bill requiring the repayment of financial obligations before the reinstatement of criminals' voting rights.

Other non-electoral changes in Florida could have consequences for voters, such as the deployment this month of new licenses with magnetic tapes removed, Peters said.

Voters often go to polling stations where the tape information is processed in a database for verification of the ID. Without this, election officials may have to manually verify identity against paper rolls, creating long lines, Peters said.

The State party is coordinating with the National Democratic Party to put in place a tool to monitor election-related issues in real time. There will also be a hotline for volunteers to call problems, Peters said.

"If you see something, say something," said Peters. "Once we are aware of the problem, we will do something about it."

Associated Press contributed to this report.