Senate Bill sb0494

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 494

    By Senator Bennett





    21-446-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to specifications for ballots;

  3         amending s. 101.151, F.S.; requiring that each

  4         ballot include a selection allowing the voter

  5         to indicate that he or she chooses not to vote

  6         for any candidate; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Present subsection (8) of section 101.151,

11  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (9), and a new

12  subsection (8) is added to that section, to read:

13         101.151  Specifications for ballots.--

14         (8)  For each office on the ballot, in addition to the

15  names of candidates or a blank space for a write-in candidate,

16  the ballot must include a selection that states "I choose not

17  to vote."

18         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Requires that each ballot include a selection that allows
      a voter to specify that he or she chooses not to vote for
23    any candidate.

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