Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1596
Barcode 928620
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
01/30/2012 .
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The Committee on Rules (Smith) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 39 and 40
4 insert:
5 Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) of
6 section 101.657, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 101.657 Early voting.—
8 (1)(a) As a convenience to the voter, the supervisor of
9 elections shall allow an elector to vote early in the main or
10 branch office of the supervisor and may allow such early voting
11 in any city hall, public library facility, courthouse, place of
12 worship, civic center, convention center, community center,
13 county government center, conference center, community college
14 facility, university or college facility, fairgrounds, or any
15 facility designated by the supervisor as meeting the
16 requirements of this section. The supervisor shall mark, code,
17 indicate on, or otherwise track the voter’s precinct for each
18 early voted ballot. In order for a branch office to be used for
19 early voting, it shall be a permanent facility of the supervisor
20 and shall have been designated and used as such for at least 1
21 year prior to the election. The supervisor may also designate
22 any city hall or permanent public library facility as early
23 voting sites; however, if so designated, the sites must be
24 geographically located so as to provide all voters in the county
25 an equal opportunity to cast a ballot, insofar as is
26 practicable. Each county shall operate the same total number of
27 early voting sites that it used for the 2008 general election,
28 or one early voting site plus one additional early voting site
29 for every complete set of 65,000 registered voters in the county
30 as of July 1 of each general election year, whichever is
31 greater. The results or tabulation of votes cast during early
32 voting may not be made before the close of the polls on election
33 day. Results shall be reported by precinct.
34 (d) Early voting shall begin on the 15th 10th day before an
35 election that contains state or federal races and end on the 2nd
36 3rd day before the election. For purposes of a special election
37 held pursuant to s. 100.101, early voting shall begin on the 8th
38 day before the election and end on the 2nd day before the
39 election. Early voting, and shall be provided for 12 no less
40 than 6 hours per weekday and 12 hours in the aggregate each
41 weekend no more than 12 hours per day at each site during the
42 applicable periods period. Early voting sites shall open no
43 earlier than 7 a.m. and close no later than 7 p.m. on each
44 applicable day. The supervisor of elections may provide early
45 voting for elections that are not held in conjunction with a
46 state or federal election. However, the supervisor has the
47 discretion to determine the hours of operation of early voting
48 sites in those elections.
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51 And the title is amended as follows:
52 Delete line 6
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54 legal residence; amending s. 101.657, F.S.;
55 designating certain facilities as locations for early
56 voting; providing criteria for the number of early
57 voting sites; revising the dates and times when early
58 voting is to be held; amending s. 106.025, F.S.;
59 requiring