Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2086
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/04/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections
       (Joyner) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 198
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 97.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         97.071 Voter information card.—
    8         (1) A voter information card shall be furnished by the
    9  supervisor to all registered voters residing in the supervisor’s
   10  county. The card must contain:
   11         (a) Voter’s registration number.
   12         (b) Date of registration.
   13         (c) Full name.
   14         (d) Party affiliation.
   15         (e) Date of birth.
   16         (f) Address of legal residence.
   17         (g) Precinct number.
   18         (h) Polling place address.
   19         (i)(h) Name of supervisor and contact information of
   20  supervisor.
   21         (j)(i) Other information deemed necessary by the
   22  supervisor.
   23         (2) A voter may receive a replacement voter information
   24  card by providing a signed, written request for a replacement
   25  card to a voter registration official. Upon verification of
   26  registration, the supervisor shall issue the voter a duplicate
   27  card without charge.
   28         (3) In the case of a change of name, address of legal
   29  residence, polling place address, or party affiliation, the
   30  supervisor shall issue the voter a new voter information card.
   31         Section 2. The supervisor must meet the requirements of
   32  section 1 of this act for any elector who registers to vote or
   33  who is issued a new voter information card pursuant to s.
   34  97.071(2) or (3), Florida Statutes, on or after August 1, 2012.
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   37         And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete line 2
   39  and insert:
   40         An act relating to elections; amending s. 97.071,
   41         F.S.; requiring that voter information cards contain
   42         the address of the polling place of the registered
   43         voter; requiring a supervisor of elections to issue a
   44         new voter information card to a voter upon a change in
   45         a voter’s address of legal residence or a change in a
   46         voter’s polling place address; providing instructions
   47         for implementation by the supervisors of elections;
   48         amending s. 99.095,