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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to elections; requiring a certain number | ||
| 3 | of polling places to open at least 1 week before each | ||
| 4 | election for early absentee voting; providing an effective | ||
| 5 | date. | ||
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| 7 | WHEREAS, the Governor's Select Task Force on Election | ||
| 8 | Procedures, Standards, & Technology recommended that the | ||
| 9 | Legislature should "enhance opportunities for efficient and | ||
| 10 | convenient early voting and absentee voting" while establishing | ||
| 11 | minimum standards for how county supervisors of elections | ||
| 12 | conduct the same election, NOW, THEREFORE, | ||
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 16 | Section 1. Five percent of the polling places in each | ||
| 17 | county must be opened for early absentee voting at least 1 week | ||
| 18 | before each general election and each primary election. The | ||
| 19 | supervisor of elections shall select the polling places to be | ||
| 20 | opened to maximize accessibility for electors. | ||
| 21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. | ||