MIAMI — State lawmakers are poised to enact stricter penalties for changing someone’s voter registration information without their knowledge, a reaction to the growing scandal being investigated by prosecutors in Miami-Dade County.
The latest changes to Senate Bill 524 adds a $1,000 penalty for members of third-party voter registration organizations who are convicted of altering someone’s voter registration form without their consent.
The measure, added by a Republican, is in response to the unusual concentration of party affiliation switches in Miami-Dade County that some residents have said happened without their consent.
