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House Bill 1077




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1077

        By Representative Geller






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to elections; changing the date

  3         of the second primary election in 1998;

  4         ensuring that dates tied to the date of the

  5         second primary remain unchanged, with specified

  6         exceptions; providing an effective date.

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  8         WHEREAS, the second primary election in 1998 falls on

  9  September 29, 1998, and

10         WHEREAS, Yom Kippur, or the Jewish Day of Atonement,

11  which is a day marked by fasting and continuous prayers of

12  repentance, occurs on that day, and

13         WHEREAS, the conducting of the second primary election

14  on September 29, 1998, would cause great hardship to voters of

15  the Jewish faith, causing many to be unable to vote and

16  prohibiting many from participating as election workers or

17  participating in other election activities, NOW, THEREFORE,

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19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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21         Section 1.  Notwithstanding section 100.091, Florida

22  Statutes, or any other law to the contrary, the date of the

23  second primary election in 1998 is changed from Tuesday,

24  September 29, 1998, to Thursday, October 1, 1998.  However,

25  for purposes of the 1998 general election cycle, all dates in

26  the Florida Election Code tied to the date of the second

27  primary election remain set as if the second primary election

28  were to be held on September 29, 1998, except that elections

29  to be held in conjunction with the second primary election

30  shall be held on October 1, 1998, and restrictions on changes

31  in party affiliation between the first and second primary

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1077

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  1  elections shall remain in effect for the extended period

  2  resulting from the change in the date of the second primary

  3  election effected by this act.

  4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  5  law.

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  8                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Changes the date of the second primary election in 1998
10    from Tuesday, September 29, 1998, to Thursday, October 1,
      1998, to eliminate a conflict with Yom Kippur, the Jewish
11    Day of Atonement.  Ensures that dates tied to the date of
      the second primary remain unchanged, except that
12    elections scheduled to be held in conjunction with the
      second primary election shall be held on the rescheduled
13    date and the prohibition against effecting changes in
      party affiliation between the first and second primary
14    elections shall remain in effect for the extended period
      resulting from the change in the date of the second
15    primary election.

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