Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 600
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/10/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1198 and 1199
    4  insert:
    5         Section 21. Subsection (3) of section 97.061, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         97.061 Special registration for electors requiring
    8  assistance.—
    9         (3) The precinct register generated by the supervisor shall
   10  contain a notation that such person is eligible for assistance
   11  in voting, and the supervisor may make a notation on the voter
   12  information card that such person is eligible for assistance in
   13  voting. Such person shall be entitled to receive the assistance
   14  of two election officials or some other person of his or her own
   15  choice, other than the person’s employer, an the agent of the
   16  person’s employer, or an officer or agent of the person’s union,
   17  without the necessity of executing the “Declaration to Secure
   18  Assistance” prescribed in s. 101.051, so long as the person is
   19  known to the elector before election day. Such person shall
   20  notify the supervisor of any change in his or her condition
   21  which makes it unnecessary for him or her to receive assistance
   22  in voting. An individual may not provide assistance to more than
   23  10 electors during any election.
   24         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 101.051, Florida
   25  Statutes, is amended to read:
   26         101.051 Electors seeking assistance in casting ballots;
   27  oath to be executed; forms to be furnished.—
   28         (1) Any elector applying to vote in any election who
   29  requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability,
   30  or inability to read or write may request the assistance of two
   31  election officials or some other person of the elector’s own
   32  choice, other than the elector’s employer, an agent of the
   33  employer, or an officer or agent of his or her union, to assist
   34  the elector in casting his or her vote, so long as the person is
   35  known to the elector before election day. Any such elector,
   36  before retiring to the voting booth, may have one of such
   37  persons read over to him or her, without suggestion or
   38  interference, the titles of the offices to be filled and the
   39  candidates therefor and the issues on the ballot. After the
   40  elector requests the aid of the two election officials or the
   41  person of the elector’s choice, they shall retire to the voting
   42  booth for the purpose of casting the elector’s vote according to
   43  the elector’s choice.
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46         And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 104
   48  and insert:
   49         ballots under certain circumstances; amending s.
   50         97.061, F.S.; revising restrictions relating to
   51         electors requiring assistance; amending s. 101.051,
   52         F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the
   53         act; providing an