| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to early voting; amending s. 101.657, |
| 3 | F.S.; increasing authorized locations for early voting; |
| 4 | providing an effective date. |
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| 6 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 8 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 9 | 101.657, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 10 | 101.657 Early voting.-- |
| 11 | (1)(a) The supervisor of elections shall allow an elector |
| 12 | to vote early in the main or branch office of the supervisor by |
| 13 | depositing the voted ballot in a voting device used by the |
| 14 | supervisor to collect or tabulate ballots. In order for a branch |
| 15 | office to be used for early voting, it shall be a full-service |
| 16 | facility of the supervisor and shall have been designated as |
| 17 | such at least 1 year prior to the election. The supervisor may |
| 18 | designate any city hall, or public library, public university |
| 19 | campus, or community college campus as early voting sites; |
| 20 | however, if so designated, the sites must be geographically |
| 21 | located so as to provide all voters in the county an equal |
| 22 | opportunity to cast a ballot, insofar as is practicable. The |
| 23 | results or tabulation may not be made before the close of the |
| 24 | polls on election day. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006. |