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Senator Aronberg moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 1146 and 1147,

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insert:

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     Section 18.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

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101.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     101.151  Specifications for ballots.--

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     (2)(a)  The ballot shall have headings under which shall

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appear the names of the offices and the names of the candidates

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for the respective offices in the following order: the heading

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"President and Vice President" and thereunder the names of the

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candidates for President and Vice President of the United States

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nominated by the political party that received the highest vote

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for Governor in the last general election of the Governor in this

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state. Then shall appear the names of other candidates for

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President and Vice President of the United States who have been

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properly nominated. Then shall follow the heading "Congressional"

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and thereunder the offices of United States Senator and

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Representative in Congress; then the heading "State" and

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thereunder the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor,

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Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, Commissioner of

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Agriculture, state attorney, and public defender, together with

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the names of the candidates for each office and the title of the

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office which they seek; then the heading "Legislative" and

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thereunder the offices of state senator and state representative;

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then the heading "County" and thereunder clerk of the circuit

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court, clerk of the county court (when authorized by law),

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sheriff, property appraiser, tax collector, district

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superintendent of schools, and supervisor of elections.

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Thereafter follows: members of the board of county commissioners,

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and such other county and district offices as are involved in the

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election, in the order fixed by the Department of State,

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followed, in the year of their election, by "Party Offices," and

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thereunder the offices of state and county party executive

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committee members. In a general election, in addition to the

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names printed on the ballot, a blank space shall be provided

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under each heading for an office for which a write-in candidate

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has qualified. With respect to write-in candidates, if two or

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more candidates are seeking election to one office, only one

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blank space shall be provided. However, if all party candidates

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for a particular office share the same party affiliation, and if

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a write-in candidate for that office has the same party

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affiliation as those party candidates, a blank space must be

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placed on the primary ballot instead of the general election

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ballot. If two or more write-in candidates seek election for an

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office and each write-in candidate has the same party affiliation

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as all party candidates for that office, only one blank space may

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be provided on the primary ballot.

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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(s) 56, after the first semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 101.151, F.S.; requiring that a blank space be

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placed on the primary ballot instead of the general

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election ballot under certain circumstances; providing

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that only one blank space may be provided on the primary

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ballot under certain circumstances;

4/22/2008  1:20:00 PM     27-08221-08