Voter Registration Drives

Election

Lee and Collier counties elections offices to celebrate National Voter Registration Day efforts

WGCU Staff

The supervisors of elections in both counties encourage all eligible individuals to take advantage of an opportunity to register to vote ahead of the 2024 elections during National Voter Registration celebration.

Election

Ex-Fort Myers man gets prison in SWFL voter registration case

WGCU Staff

A former Fort Myers man will serve 16 months in prison after he was found guilty of fraudulent voter registration activities.Eugene Florence, 33, now of Moore Haven, was employed by an organization called “Hard Knocks,” a company that claims to mobilize voters to get people to register to vote. Florence worked for the organization in 2021, knowingly submitted voter registrations of individuals who did not swear to the oath or contents.

FILE - Karina Shumate, 21, a college student studying stenography, fills out a voter registration form in Richardson, Texas, on Jan. 18, 2020. Election vendors who print the ballots, registration forms and vote-by-mail cards used across the U.S. say their operations heading into the 2022 elections are running into the same delays and higher costs inflicting just about every industry since the pandemic began. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Collier Supervisor of Elections launches annual high school voter registration challenge

WGCU Staff

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections office is challenging local high school students to register and pre-register to vote ahead of the 2022 General Election.

Government & Politics

National Voter Registration Day Recognized in SW Fla

John Davis

September 24 marks National Voter Registration Day, which is meant to encourage eligible voters to register or to make sure their information is up to…