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QUESTION: May a person register as an elector under an assumed name?

SUMMARY: A person may not register as an elector under an assumed name; in registering as an elector the individual must be identified by his or her "true" name, i.e., one's given name and family surname. Section 98.111, F.S., provides in part that standard registration forms, which are intended to elicit information from a prospective voter, will contain an individual's "[f]ull name." See s. 98.111(3). With the exceptions of the oath of a nonregistered elector qualifying to vote in a national election in Florida which…