The Florida Senate

101.045  Electors must be registered in precinct; provisions for residence or name change.--

(1)  No person shall be permitted to vote in any election precinct or district other than the one in which the person has his or her legal residence and in which the person is registered. However, a person temporarily residing outside the county shall be registered in the precinct in which the main office of the supervisor, as designated by the supervisor, is located when the person has no permanent address in the county and it is the person's intention to remain a resident of Florida and of the county in which he or she is registered to vote. Such persons who are registered in the precinct in which the main office of the supervisor, as designated by the supervisor, is located and who are residing outside the county with no permanent address in the county shall not be registered electors of a municipality and therefore shall not be permitted to vote in any municipal election.

(2)

(a)  An elector who moves from the precinct within the county in which the elector is registered may be permitted to vote in the precinct to which he or she has moved his or her legal residence, provided such elector completes an affirmation in substantially the following form:

Change of Legal Residence of Registered
Voter


Under penalties for false swearing, I,  (Name of voter) , swear (or affirm) that the former address of my legal residence was  (Address of legal residence)  in the municipality of _____, in _____ County, Florida, and I was registered to vote in the _____ precinct of _____ County, Florida; that I have not voted in the precinct of my former registration in this election; that I now reside at  (Address of legal residence)  in the Municipality of _____, in _____ County, Florida, and am therefore eligible to vote in the _____ precinct of _____ County, Florida; and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally registered and entitled to vote.

 (Signature of voter whose address of legal residence has changed) 

(b)  An elector whose name changes because of marriage or other legal process may be permitted to vote, provided such elector completes an affirmation in substantially the following form:

Change of Name of Registered
Voter


Under penalties for false swearing, I,  (New name of voter) , swear (or affirm) that my name has been changed because of marriage or other legal process. My former name and address of legal residence appear on the registration books of precinct _____ as follows:
Name

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Address

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Municipality

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County

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Florida, Zip

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My present name and address of legal residence are as follows:
Name

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Address

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Municipality

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County

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Florida, Zip

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and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally registered and entitled to vote.

 (Signature of voter whose name has changed) 

(c)  Such affirmation, when completed and presented at the precinct in which such elector is entitled to vote, shall entitle such elector to vote as provided in this subsection. Upon receipt of an affirmation certifying a change in address of legal residence or name, the supervisor shall as soon as practicable make the necessary changes in the registration records of the county to indicate the change in address of legal residence or name of such elector.

(d)  Instead of the affirmation contained in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), an elector may complete a voter registration application that indicates the change of name or change of address of legal residence.

(e)  A request for an absentee ballot pursuant to s. 101.62 which indicates that the elector has had a change of address of legal residence from that in the supervisor's records shall be sufficient as the notice to the supervisor of change of address of legal residence required by this section. Upon receipt of such request for an absentee ballot from an elector who has changed his or her address of legal residence, the supervisor shall provide the elector with the proper ballot for the precinct in which the elector then has his or her legal residence.

(3)  When an elector's name does not appear on the registration books of the election precinct in which the elector is registered and when the elector cannot present a valid registration identification card, the elector may have his or her name restored if the supervisor is otherwise satisfied that the elector is validly registered, that the elector's name has been erroneously omitted from the books, and that the elector is entitled to have his or her name restored. The supervisor, if he or she is satisfied as to the elector's previous registration, shall allow such person to vote and shall thereafter issue a duplicate registration identification card.

History.--s. 13, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 167; s. 15, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 192; RGS 236; CGL 289; s. 4, ch. 24203, 1947; s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 4, ch. 28156, 1953; s. 7, ch. 65-60; s. 1, ch. 71-307; s. 3, ch. 77-175; s. 6, ch. 78-403; s. 4, ch. 80-292; s. 5, ch. 89-338; s. 20, ch. 94-224; s. 1391, ch. 95-147.

Note.--Former s. 98.32; s. 97.091.