Bill > H1353

Introduced Session

An act relating to elections; amending s. 20.10, F.S.; requiring the Secretary of State to be elected rather than appointed; specifying when such election shall occur; amending s. 97.053, F.S.; providing that an applicant must designate a party affiliation or select no party affiliation to be registered to vote; requiring a supervisor of elections to provide a certain notification; requiring the voter registration application to include certain information; creating s. 97.0556, F.S.; providing that a person who meets certain requirements may register to vote at an early voting site or at his or her polling place and immediately thereafter cast a ballot; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide the opportunity to preregister to vote to certain individuals; revising procedures governing voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; providing that driver license or identification card applications, driver license or identification card renewal applications, and applications for changes of address for existing driver licenses or identification cards submitted to the department serve as voter registration applications; providing that an applicant hb1353-00 HB 1353 is deemed to have consented to the use of his or her signature for voter registration purposes unless a declination is made; requiring specified applications to include a voter registration component, subject to approval by the Department of State; providing requirements for the voter registration component; providing for the transmittal of voter registration information to the Department of State and supervisors of elections; amending s. 97.0575, F.S.; removing a requirement that a third-party voter registration organization provide certain notice to an applicant; revising certain penalties for third-party voter registration organizations; removing the aggregate limit of such penalties; amending s. 98.045, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 98.065, F.S.; revising the conditions in which a supervisor must designate a voter as inactive; amending s. 99.061, F.S.; authorizing a candidate to pay his or her qualification fee with a cashier's check; amending 100.111, F.S.; requiring the Governor to consult with affected supervisors of elections in fixing the dates for special elections; requiring the Governor, in the event of a vacancy in a state legislative office, to limit the period of a vacancy during a regular legislative session to the greatest extent possible in hb1353-00 HB 1353 fixing special election dates; requiring the Governor to fix the date for a special election to be held within a certain timeframe; revising the minimum time between a special primary election and a special election; amending s. 100.141, F.S.; requiring the Governor to issue an order calling for a special election within a certain timeframe; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 100.371, F.S.; providing a requirement for the delivery of certain petition forms; creating s. 100.51, F.S.; establishing General Election Day as a paid holiday; providing that any elector may absent himself or herself from service or employment at a specific time on a General Election Day and may not be penalized or have pay reduced for such absence; creating s. 101.016, F.S.; requiring the Division of Elections to maintain a strategic elections equipment reserve of voting systems and other equipment for specified purposes; requiring such reserve to include specified equipment; authorizing the division to contract with specified entities rather than physically maintain such reserve; amending s. 101.048, F.S.; providing that a person may cast a provisional vote at any precinct in the county in which the voter claims to be registered; amending s. 101.151, F.S.; hb1353-00 HB 1353 revising the order in which office titles and names of candidates are placed on the ballot; amending s. 101.5612, F.S.; requiring a supervisor of elections to annually file a plan for operations under certain conditions; amending s. 101.62, F.S.; providing that a request for a vote-by-mail ballot is valid until the request is canceled; revising the deadline by which vote-by-mail ballots must be received by a supervisor of elections; revising the period during which a supervisor of elections may deliver certain ballots; removing requirements for a person designated by an elector to pick up the elector's vote-by-mail ballot; providing for extension of deadlines under certain conditions; amending s. 101.64, F.S.; requiring a supervisor of elections to enclose a postage paid mailing envelope with each vote-by-mail ballot; providing that vote-by-mail ballot voter certificates may be signed with the last four digits of the voter's social security number; amending s. 101.65, F.S.; revising instructions that must be provided with a vote-by-mail ballot; amending s. 101.68, F.S.; requiring a supervisor of elections to compare the signature or partial social security number on a voter's certificate with the signature or partial social security number in the registration books or hb1353-00 HB 1353 precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; requiring a canvassing board to compare the signature or partial social security number on a voter's certificate or cure affidavit with the signature or partial social security number in the registration books or precinct register when canvassing a vote-by-mail ballot; removing authorization for certain persons to file a protest against the canvass of a ballot; amending s. 101.6952, F.S.; authorizing an absent voter to submit a federal write-in absentee ballot or vote-by-mail ballot; revising requirements for the canvassing of specified ballots; providing that a certain presumption applies to vote-by-mail ballots received from absent voters; requiring a vote-by-mail ballot from an absent voter which is postmarked or dated by a certain date to be counted; amending s. 101.71, F.S.; prohibiting a polling place from being located within a gated community unless certain conditions are met; amending s. 102.031, F.S.; providing that a person may provide food, water, or other items to certain voters; prohibiting the use of devices that amplify sound in certain locations during certain hours; amending s. 102.111, F.S.; revising the dates by which the Elections Canvassing Commission shall certify certain hb1353-00 HB 1353 election returns; amending s. 102.112, F.S.; revising the deadlines for submission of county returns to the Department of State; creating s. 102.181, F.S.; authorizing certain persons to file actions against a supervisor of elections for noncompliance with the election code; providing that such person is entitled to an immediate hearing; providing for the waiver of fees and costs and the awarding of attorney fees; providing an effective date.

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Geri Thompson (D)*, 

Died in Public Integrity & Elections Committee (on 03/14/2022)

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