Senate Bill sb1712

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1712

    By Senator Meek





    36-1269A-01                                         See HB 171

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to requests for absentee

  3         ballots; creating s. 104.046, F.S.; prohibiting

  4         the removal of any request for an absentee

  5         ballot from the main or any branch office of

  6         the supervisor of elections after submission to

  7         the supervisor; prohibiting any person other

  8         than the absent elector, a member of the

  9         elector's immediate family, or the elector's

10         legal guardian from making any corrections or

11         additions to a request for an absentee ballot

12         after submission to the supervisor; providing

13         penalties; providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Section 104.046, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         104.046  Requests for absentee ballots; violations.--

20         (1)  It is unlawful for any person, including an absent

21  elector, to remove a request for an absentee ballot from the

22  main or any branch office of the supervisor of elections for

23  any reason, including the correction or addition of any

24  information, after it has been submitted to the supervisor.

25         (2)  It is unlawful for any person other than the

26  absent elector, a member of the elector's immediate family as

27  defined and authorized in s. 101.62, or the elector's legal

28  guardian as authorized in s. 101.62 to make any corrections or

29  additions to a request for an absentee ballot after it has

30  been submitted to the supervisor of elections.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1712
    36-1269A-01                                         See HB 171




  1         (3)  A person who violates any provision of this

  2  section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable

  3  as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

  4         (4)  A person who violates any provision of this

  5  section a fifth or subsequent time commits a felony of the

  6  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.

  7  775.083, or s. 775.084.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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11                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Provides that it is a misdemeanor of the first degree for
13    any person, including any absent elector, to remove a
      request for an absentee ballot from the main or any
14    branch office of the supervisor of elections for any
      reason, including the correction or addition of any
15    information, after it has been submitted to the
      supervisor; and for any person other than the absent
16    elector, a member of the elector's immediate family, or
      the elector's legal guardian to make any corrections or
17    additions to any request for an absentee ballot after it
      has been submitted to the supervisor. Provides that a
18    fifth or subsequent violation is a felony of the first
      degree.
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