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The Committee on Judiciary (Saunders) recommended the following

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amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 289 and 290,

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insert:

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Section 9.  Effective July 1, 2008, section 98.0981, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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98.0981 Reports; voting history; statewide voter

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registration system information; precinct-level election results;

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book closing statistics database.--

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(1) VOTING HISTORY AND STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM

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INFORMATION.--

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(a) Within 45 75 days after a general election, or within 15

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days after all supervisors of elections shall transmit to the

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department, in a uniform electronic format specified by the

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department, completely have updated voting voter history

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information for each qualified voter who voted., whichever occurs

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later,

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(b) After receipt of the information in paragraph (a), the

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department shall prepare send to the President of the Senate, the

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate Minority

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Leader, and the House Minority Leader a report in electronic

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format that contains the following information, separately

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compiled for the primary and general election for all voters

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qualified to vote in either election: of all voter qualified to

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vote in the election or primary. The report shall include for

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each voter

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1. The unique identifier assigned to each qualified voter

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within the statewide voter registration system the code used by

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the department to uniquely identify the voter;

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2. All information provided by each qualified voter on his

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or her in the uniform statewide voter registration application

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pursuant to s. 97.052(2), except that which is what is

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specifically identified as confidential or exempt from public

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records requirements;

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3. Each qualified voter's The date of registration;

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4. Each qualified voter's current state The representative

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district, state senatorial district, and congressional district,

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assigned by the supervisor of elections;

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5. Each qualified voter's current and precinct in which the

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voter resides; and

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6. Voting history as transmitted under paragraph (a) to

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include whether the qualified voter voted at a the precinct

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location, voted during the early voting period by early vote,

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voted by absentee ballot, attempted to vote by absentee ballot

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that was not counted, attempted to vote by provisional ballot

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that was not counted, or did not vote.

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(c) Within 60 days after a general election, the department

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shall send to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the

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House of Representatives, the Senate Minority Leader, and the

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House Minority Leader a report in electronic format that includes

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all information set forth in paragraph (b).

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(2) PRECINCT-LEVEL ELECTION RESULTS.-- Within 45 days after

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the date of a presidential preference primary election, a special

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election, or a general election, the supervisors of elections

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shall collect and submit to the department precinct-level

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election results for the election in a uniform electronic format

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specified by the department. The precinct-level election results

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shall be compiled separately for the primary or special primary

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election that preceded the general or special general election,

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respectively. The results shall specifically include for each

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precinct the aggregate total of all ballots cast for each

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candidate or nominee to fill a national, state, county or

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district office or proposed constitutional amendment. "All

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ballots cast" means ballots cast by voters who cast a ballot

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whether at a precinct location, by absentee ballot including

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overseas absentee ballots, during the early voting period, or by

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provisional ballot.

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(3) PRECINCT-LEVEL BOOK CLOSING STATISTICS.-- After the

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date of book closing but before the date of an election as

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defined in s. 97.021(10) to fill a national, state, county, or

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district office, or to vote on a proposed constitutional

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amendment, the department shall compile the following precinct-

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level statistical data for each county:

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(a) Precinct numbers.

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(b) Total number of active registered voters by party for

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each precinct.

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(4) REPORTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.-- The department shall also

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make publicly available the reports and results required in

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subsections (1)-(3).

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(5) RULEMAKING.-- The department shall adopt rules and

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prescribe forms to carry out the purposes of this section.

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Section 10. Effective July 1, 2008, section 101.573,

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Florida Statutes, is repealed.

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(Redesignate subsequent sections)

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 20, after the semicolon, insert:

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amending s. 98.0981, F.S.; reducing the time by which

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supervisors of elections must electronically transmit

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certain voter history information to the department;

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requiring the department to prepare a detailed report

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containing specified voter information to legislative

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officers after a general election; requiring supervisors

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of elections to collect and submit data to the department

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after certain elections; defining the phrase "all ballots

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cast"; requiring the department to compile precinct-level

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statistical data for counties before certain elections;

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repealing s. 101.573, F.S., relating to the reporting of

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precinct-level election results;

4/15/2008  2:25:00 PM     EE.37.07506