The Florida Senate

97.071  Registration identification card.--

(1)  A registration identification card must be furnished to all voters registering under the permanent single registration system and must contain:

(a)  Voter's registration number.

(b)  Date of registration.

(c)  Full name.

(d)  Party affiliation.

(e)  Date of birth.

(f)  Race or ethnicity, if provided by the applicant.

(g)  Sex, if provided by the applicant.

(h)  Address of legal residence.

(i)  Precinct number.

(j)  Signature of supervisor.

(k)  Place for voter's signature.

(l)  Other information deemed necessary by the department.

(2)(a)  Except as provided in paragraph (b), the supervisor of elections shall mail a registration identification card to the voter at the address listed as the legal residence on the voter's registration application. The card must be sent by nonforwardable, return-if-undeliverable mail. If the identification card is returned as undeliverable and the voter has indicated a different mailing address on the registration application, the supervisor must mail a notice to the mailing address, notifying the voter that his or her registration identification card was returned and that the voter may appear in person at the supervisor's office to pick up the identification card. The supervisor must surrender the identification card to the elector upon presentation of a Florida driver's license, a Florida identification card issued under s. 322.051, or another form of picture identification approved by the Department of State. If the elector fails to furnish the required identification, or if the supervisor has doubts as to the identity of the elector, the supervisor must require the elector to swear an oath substantially similar to the one prescribed in s. 101.49 prior to surrendering the identification card. The supervisor must keep the identification card on file for 45 days following return of the card as undeliverable.

(b)  The supervisor shall mail the voter identification card by forwardable mail to voters who are covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

(3)  A voter may receive a replacement of a registration identification card by providing a signed, written request for a replacement card to the supervisor. Upon verification of registration, the supervisor shall issue the voter a duplicate card without charge.

(4)  In the case of a change of name, address, or party affiliation, the supervisor must issue the voter a new registration identification card. However, a registration identification card indicating a party affiliation change made between the book-closing date for the first primary election and the date of the second primary election may not be issued until after the second primary election.

History.--s. 13, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 167; s. 15, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 191, 192; RGS 235, 236; CGL 288, 289; s. 4, ch. 24203, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 10, ch. 27991, 1953; s. 6, ch. 65-60; s. 8, ch. 69-377; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 18, ch. 94-224; s. 28, ch. 97-13; s. 7, ch. 98-129.

Note.--Former ss. 98.31 and 98.32.