Senate Bill sb1538

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1538

    By Senator Klein





    41-529B-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Election Code;

  3         amending s. 101.27, F.S.; prohibiting the use

  4         of a punch-card ballot to tabulate votes;

  5         amending s. 101.28, F.S.; requiring that voting

  6         machines be equipped to reject a ballot and

  7         notify the elector if the elector fails to cast

  8         certain votes or votes for more candidates than

  9         the elector is entitled to vote for; providing

10         an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 101.27,

15  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

16         101.27  Voting machine ballots.--

17         (1)  All ballots for voting machines shall be printed

18  on strips of white cardboard, paper, or other material of such

19  size as will fill the ballot frames of the machine, in plain

20  black type as large as the space will permit, so as to show

21  the name of the candidate, statement of the proposed

22  constitutional amendment, or other question or proposition

23  submitted to the electorate at any election. A punch-card

24  ballot may not be used for tabulating votes for any election.

25         (2)  The captions on the ballots for voting machines

26  shall be placed so as to indicate to the elector what push

27  knob, key, lever, or other device is used or operated in order

28  to cast his or her vote for or against a candidate, proposed

29  constitutional amendment, or other question or proposition

30  submitted to the electorate at any election.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1538
    41-529B-01




  1         Section 2.  Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (1) of

  2  section 101.28, Florida Statutes, to read:

  3         101.28  Requirements for voting machines.--All voting

  4  machines purchased for use in this state shall meet the

  5  following minimum requirements:

  6         (1)  Each voting machine shall:

  7         (l)  Be equipped so that a ballot is rejected at the

  8  time the vote is cast and the elector is immediately notified

  9  of a spoiled ballot or an error in voting so that the elector

10  may cast an accurate vote if the elector:

11         1.  Fails to vote for any candidate for an office that

12  the elector has the right to vote upon.

13         2.  Fails to vote for or against any proposed

14  constitutional amendment or other question or proposition that

15  the elector has the right to vote upon.

16         3.  Votes for more candidates for an office than the

17  elector has the right to vote upon.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Prohibits the supervisor of elections from using a
      punch-card ballot to tabulate votes. Requires that a
23    voting machine reject a ballot and notify the elector of
      an error if the elector fails to vote for a candidate for
24    an office or votes for more candidates than the elector
      is entitled to vote for.
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