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His conviction, the right to vote. something forbidden for felons under florida law until now. the sunshine state overwhelmingly approved an amendment allowing an estimated 1.5 million felons who have served their sentences and any probation or parole to register to vote, starting today. the new rights don't apply to those convicted of murder or violent sexual offenses. 1.5 million new voters in a state already infamous for razor thin margin elections and nail-biting recounts. >> we are the swingiest of swing states. >> reporter: charles zeldin says amendment 4 has the potential to dramaticall...

The political landscape. >> it does not matter the party, but a it is going to change the political dynamic in every county and every voting district. >> reporter: and no one knows for sure what a massive potential increase to such voter rolls in such a short time will mean nor political establishment, and that is why zeldin says politicians are rattled. >> they run known and that is why the opoliticians are scared. >> reporter: the aclu of florida which spearheaded the statewide amendment in charge of getting this passed. >> it is nonpart san issue. >> reporter: but acknowledge that it is the...

Is not the position of the house democratic caucus. that's freedom of speech of an individual member. as i say, generationally, that would not be language they would use, but nonetheless, i don't think we should make a big deal of it, i really don't. >> now nbc's jonathan allen who joins us summed up this dynamic. quote, it didn't take long for newly empowered house democrats to lose on impeachment. back with us is jonathan allen. a friend used to say never underestimate a democrat's ability to screw things up. a number of them believe on a voting district of impeaching this guy. >> absolutely...

And shape of the electorate. we know from the early voting numbers that enthusiasm is high, the very latest numbers as of the end of early voting on friday, early voting in this county tapped 465,000, that is far more than in past midterm elections and even more than the 2012 election. let's send it over to brian todd in virginia. >> reporter: thanks very much. we are about 90 minutes into one of the most exciting days of voting in northern virginia than we have seen in a long time. polls opened at 6:00 a.m. but people were trying to get in at 5:30 a.m. a steady stream of voters coming through...

Virginia. >> that's right, jim. this district is a crucial one. this is the tenth voting district in virginia, the battle between incumbent republican battling to hold on to her seat against the democratic challenger. this is one of the suburban battlegrounds playing out throughout the united states that will determine the fate of the balance of power in the house of representatives. it starts here in ground zero. this is the cafeteria on a normal day. people are checking in here, giving a photo id. then they walk over here and cast their ballot on paper ballots. they put it through that scann...