Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (184420) for SB 600
Barcode 474422
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: UNFAV .
03/18/2013 .
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The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Joyner) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 137 and 138
4 insert:
5 Section 4. Section 101.045, Florida Statutes, is amended to
6 read:
7 101.045 Electors must be registered in precinct; provisions
8 for change of residence or name.—
9 (1) A person may is not permitted to vote in any election
10 precinct or district other than the one in which the person has
11 his or her legal residence and in which the person is
12 registered. However, a person temporarily residing outside the
13 county must shall be registered in the precinct in which the
14 main office of the supervisor, as designated by the supervisor,
15 is located if when the person has no permanent address in the
16 county and if it is the person’s intention to remain a resident
17 of this state Florida and of the county in which he or she is
18 registered to vote. Such persons who are registered in the
19 precinct in which the main office of the supervisor, as
20 designated by the supervisor, is located and who are residing
21 outside the county with no permanent address in the county are
22 shall not be registered electors of a municipality and therefore
23 may not shall not be permitted to vote in any municipal
24 election.
25 (2)(a) An elector who moves from the precinct in which the
26 elector is registered may be permitted to vote in the precinct
27 to which he or she has moved his or her legal residence, if the
28 change of residence is within the same county and the elector
29 completes an affirmation in substantially the following form:
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31 Change of Legal Residence of Registered
32 Voter
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34 Under penalties for false swearing, I, ...(Name of voter)...,
35 swear (or affirm) that the former address of my legal residence
36 was ...(Address of legal residence)... in the municipality of
37 ...., in .... County, Florida, and I was registered to vote in
38 the .... precinct of .... County, Florida; that I have not voted
39 in the precinct of my former registration in this election; that
40 I now reside at ...(Address of legal residence)... in the
41 Municipality of ...., in .... County, Florida, and am therefore
42 eligible to vote in the .... precinct of .... County, Florida;
43 and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally
44 registered and entitled to vote.
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46 ...(Signature of voter whose address of legal residence has
47 changed)...
48
49 (b) Except for an active uniformed services voter or a
50 member of his or her family, an elector whose change of address
51 is from outside the county may not change his or her legal
52 residence at the polling place and vote a regular ballot;
53 however, such elector is entitled to vote a provisional ballot.
54 (b)(c) An elector whose name changes because of marriage or
55 other legal process may be permitted to vote if the elector,
56 provided such elector completes an affirmation in substantially
57 the following form:
58
59 Change of Name of Registered
60 Voter
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62 Under penalties for false swearing, I, ...(New name of
63 voter)..., swear (or affirm) that my name has been changed
64 because of marriage or other legal process. My former name and
65 address of legal residence appear on the registration records of
66 precinct .... as follows:
67 Name............................................................
68 Address.........................................................
69 Municipality....................................................
70 County..........................................................
71 Florida, Zip....................................................
72 My present name and address of legal residence are as follows:
73 Name............................................................
74 Address.........................................................
75 Municipality....................................................
76 County..........................................................
77 Florida, Zip....................................................
78 and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally
79 registered and entitled to vote.
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81 ...(Signature of voter whose name has changed)...
82
83 (c)(d) Instead of the affirmation contained in paragraph
84 (a) or paragraph (b) (c), an elector may complete a voter
85 registration application that indicates the change of name or
86 change of address of legal residence.
87 (d)(e) Such affirmation or application, when completed and
88 presented at the precinct in which such elector is entitled to
89 vote, and upon verification of the elector’s registration,
90 entitles shall entitle such elector to vote as provided in this
91 subsection. If the elector’s eligibility to vote cannot be
92 determined, he or she is shall be entitled to vote a provisional
93 ballot, subject to the requirements and procedures in s.
94 101.048. Upon receipt of an affirmation or application
95 certifying a change in address of legal residence or name, the
96 supervisor shall as soon as practicable make the necessary
97 changes in the statewide voter registration system as soon as
98 practicable to indicate the change in address of legal residence
99 or name of such elector.
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101 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
102 And the title is amended as follows:
103 Between lines 9 and 10
104 insert:
105 amending s. 101.045, F.S.; authorizing an elector to
106 vote a regular ballot at the polling place in the
107 precinct to which he or she has moved by completing an
108 affirmation; deleting a requirement that the elector’s
109 change of residence must occur within the same county
110 for the elector to be able to vote in the new
111 precinct;