Florida Senate - 2008 SB 1628
By Senator Aronberg
27-03727-08 20081628__
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A bill to be entitled
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An act relating to early voting; amending s. 101.657,
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F.S.; authorizing the supervisor of elections to designate
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any public community college facility as an early voting
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site; providing an effective date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
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101.657, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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101.657 Early voting.--
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(1)(a) As a convenience to the voter, the supervisor of
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elections shall allow an elector to vote early in the main or
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branch office of the supervisor. The supervisor shall mark, code,
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indicate on, or otherwise track the voter's precinct for each
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early voted ballot. In order for a branch office to be used for
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early voting, it shall be a permanent facility of the supervisor
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and shall have been designated and used as such for at least 1
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year prior to the election. The supervisor may also designate any
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city hall, public community college facility, or permanent public
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library facility as early voting sites; however, if so
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designated, the sites must be geographically located so as to
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provide all voters in the county an equal opportunity to cast a
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ballot, insofar as is practicable. The results or tabulation of
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votes cast during early voting may not be made before the close
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of the polls on election day. Results shall be reported by
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precinct.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.