Senate Bill sb1422

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1422

    By Senator Posey





    15-760A-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to voter registration

  3         identification cards; eliminating the race or

  4         ethnicity designation of a voter on the card;

  5         providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 97.071, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         97.071  Registration identification card.--

12         (1)  A registration identification card must be

13  furnished to all voters registering under the permanent single

14  registration system and must contain:

15         (a)  Voter's registration number.

16         (b)  Date of registration.

17         (c)  Full name.

18         (d)  Party affiliation.

19         (e)  Date of birth.

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

21         (f)(g)  Sex, if provided by the applicant.

22         (g)(h)  Address of legal residence.

23         (h)(i)  Precinct number.

24         (i)(j)  Signature of supervisor.

25         (j)(k)  Place for voter's signature.

26         (k)(l)  Other information deemed necessary by the

27  department.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1422
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  3    Eliminates the race or ethnicity designation of a voter
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