The Florida Senate

SB 1252: Florida Fair Elections Act of 2001

GENERAL BILL by Diaz de la Portilla

Florida Fair Elections Act of 2001; cites said act; eliminates book-closing period for voter registration; requires office of supervisor of elections & any branch office to be open on Saturday prior to any statewide election or other election held in conjunction therewith, for purpose of allowing early in-person absentee voting for that election; provides for uniform statewide voting system & ballots, etc. Amends Chs. 97, 98, 101, 102.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/2/2001	Senate	• Prefiled
  3/7/2001	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00131
  5/4/2001	Senate	• Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1118 (Ch. 2001-40)

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• SB 1252, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/3/2001 at 1:00 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (7)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 631	Florida Fair Elections Act of 2001		Identical	Last Action: 2/27/2001 H Withdrawn prior to introduction,Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1118 (Ch. 2001-40) -HJ 00054 Location:
  H 745	Florida Fair Elections Act of 2001	Diaz de la Portilla	Identical	Last Action: 5/4/2001 H Died in Committee on Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1118 (Ch. 2001-40) Location:
  H 39	Uniform Statewide Voting System	Barreiro	Compare	Last Action: 1/25/2001 H Withdrawn from Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); Fiscal Policy & Resources (FRC); Procedural & Redistricting Council; Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00016 Location:
  H 173	Facilitating Voting	Brutus	Compare	Last Action: 2/15/2001 H Withdrawn from Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); Judicial Oversight (SGC); General Education (LLC); Fiscal Policy & Resources (FRC); Procedural & Redistricting Council; Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00024 Location:
  S 230	Uniform Statewide Voting System	Villalobos	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections Location:
  S 1118 (e2)		Ethics and Elections	Compare	Last Action: 5/10/2001 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor; Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2001-40 Location:
  S 1574	Elections/Voter Registration Books	Meek	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections Location:

  Citations - Statutes (19)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  97.021	Definitions.
  97.053	Acceptance of voter registration applications.
  97.055	Registration books; when closed for an election.
  97.057	Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
  97.058	Voter registration agencies.
  97.071	Registration identification card.
  98.065	Registration list maintenance programs.
  98.081	Names removed from registration books; restrictions on reregistering; recordkeeping; restoration of erroneously or illegally removed names.
  98.231	Supervisor of elections to furnish Department of State number of registered electors.
  101.005
  101.045	Electors must be registered in precinct; provisions for residence or name change.
  101.64	Delivery of absentee ballots; envelopes; form.
  101.657	Voting absentee ballots in person.
  101.663	Electors; change of residence.
  102.111	Elections Canvassing Commission.
  102.112	Deadline for submission of county returns to the Department of State; penalties.
  102.141	County canvassing board; duties.
  102.166	Protest of election returns; procedure.
  102.1665

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