| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Early Voting Task Force; creating |
| 3 | the Early Voting Task Force; providing purpose, |
| 4 | membership, and organization of the task force; requiring |
| 5 | a report; providing for termination; providing an |
| 6 | 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. Early Voting Task Force.-- |
| 11 | (1) The Early Voting Task Force is created for the purpose |
| 12 | of evaluating early voting practices in the state and making |
| 13 | recommendations for the improvement of those practices. |
| 14 | (2) The task force shall consist of 11 members. |
| 15 | (a) One member shall be appointed by the Governor. |
| 16 | (b) One member shall be appointed by the Secretary of |
| 17 | State. |
| 18 | (c) Nine members shall be chosen from among the county |
| 19 | supervisors of elections, of whom: |
| 20 | 1. Three shall represent counties with fewer than 75,000 |
| 21 | registered voters and shall be selected by supervisors from |
| 22 | within that group. |
| 23 | 2. Three shall represent counties with at least 75,000 but |
| 24 | no more than 200,000 registered voters and shall be selected by |
| 25 | supervisors from within that group. |
| 26 | 3. Three shall represent counties with more than 200,000 |
| 27 | registered voters and shall be selected by supervisors from |
| 28 | within that group. |
| 29 | (3) The members of the task force shall elect a chair and |
| 30 | a vice chair from among its membership. The chair shall preside |
| 31 | at all meetings of the task force. |
| 32 | (4) The task force shall meet at the call of the chair or |
| 33 | at the request of a majority of its membership. |
| 34 | (5) The task force shall submit a final report of its |
| 35 | findings and recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the |
| 36 | House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate no |
| 37 | later than November 30, 2009. |
| 38 | (6) The task force shall terminate upon delivery of the |
| 39 | report. |
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |