HOUSE AMENDMENT
                        Bill No. CS for SB 1842 & others, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Smith, Joyner, Gannon, and Fields offered
12  the following:
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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 12, line 31, of the bill
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18         Section 9.  Subsection (5) is added to section 101.048,
19  Florida Statutes, to read:
20         101.048  Provisional ballots.--
21         (5)  In a year of apportionment, at all elections, a
22  voter claiming to be properly registered in the county and
23  eligible to vote in the election, but whose eligibility cannot
24  be determined, shall be entitled to vote a provisional ballot
25  in the county in which the voter claims to be registered.  The
26  provisional ballot of a voter who is otherwise entitled to
27  vote shall not be rejected because the voter did not cast his
28  or her ballot in the precinct of his or her legal residence.
29  However, if the voter voted a ballot to which he or she was
30  not entitled, the canvassing board shall duplicate the ballot
31  for the races that the voter was entitled to vote in the
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    File original & 9 copies    03/22/02                          
    hbd0011                     09:40 am         01842-0093-803657

HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1842 & others, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 precinct of his or her legal residence and count the races for 2 which the voter was entitled to vote. Notwithstanding any 3 other provision of law to the contrary, the canvassing of 4 provisional ballots voted pursuant to this subsection and the 5 submission of their returns to the department shall be subject 6 only to the deadlines set forth in s. 102.112(2). 7 8 9 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 10 And the title is amended as follows: 11 On page 1, line 24, after the semicolon of the title of 12 the bill 13 14 insert: 15 amending s. 101.048, F.S.; providing 16 requirements for the voting, canvassing, and 17 submission of returns of provisional ballots 18 voted in a year of apportionment; 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 03/22/02 hbd0011 09:40 am 01842-0093-803657