The Florida Senate

HB 173: Facilitating Voting

GENERAL BILL by Brutus

Facilitating Voting; revises information required to be elicited on uniform statewide voter registration application; authorizes special registration for electors requiring assistance in voting because their primary language is other than English; provides for uniform statewide voting system & ballots; authorizes identifying colors or symbols to be placed on ballot next to candidate names, subject to prior approval, etc. Amends Chs. 97, 101, 98.461.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/19/2001	House	• Prefiled
  1/24/2001	House	• Referred to Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); Judicial Oversight (SGC); General Education (LLC); Fiscal Policy & Resources (FRC); Procedural & Redistricting Council
  2/15/2001	House	• Withdrawn from Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); Judicial Oversight (SGC); General Education (LLC); Fiscal Policy & Resources (FRC); Procedural & Redistricting Council; Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00024

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• HB 173, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/21/2001 at 12:35 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (5)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and 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  H 39	Uniform Statewide Voting System	Barreiro	Compare	Last Action: 1/25/2001 H Withdrawn from Rules, Ethics & Elections (PRC); Fiscal Policy & Resources (FRC); Procedural & Redistricting Council; Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00016 Location:
  H 631	Florida Fair Elections Act of 2001		Compare	Last Action: 2/27/2001 H Withdrawn prior to introduction,Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1118 (Ch. 2001-40) -HJ 00054 Location: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	Compare	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:
  S 230	Uniform Statewide Voting System	Villalobos	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections Location:
  S 1252	Florida Fair Elections Act of 2001	Diaz de la Portilla	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2001 S Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1118 (Ch. 2001-40) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (10)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  97.052	Uniform statewide voter registration application.
  97.061	Special registration for electors requiring assistance.
  97.071	Registration identification card.
  98.461	Registration form, precinct register; contents.
  101.005
  101.051	Electors seeking assistance in casting ballots; oath to be executed; forms to be furnished.
  101.155
  101.2515	Translation of ballot language.
  101.65	Instructions to absent electors.
  101.661	Voting absentee ballots.

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