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HB 109: Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot

GENERAL BILL by Broxson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Drake ; Gaetz ; Hill ; McBurney ; Metz ; Rehwinkel Vasilinda

Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot; Authorizes absent uniformed services voters & overseas voters to use federal write-in absentee ballot in state or local election; authorizes elector to vote on ballot measure in election using federal write-in absentee ballot; specifies that vote cast in judicial merit retention election is treated in same manner as vote on certain ballot measures; allows for minor variations in name of ballot measure; prohibits supervisor of elections from canvassing federal write-in absentee ballots from overseas voters in certain elections until specified period after date of election; revises minimum requirements for DOS rules used to determine what constitutes valid vote on federal write-in absentee ballot.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 4/21/2015 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40) -HJ 609
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/16/2014 House • Filed
    1/8/2015 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 15
    3/3/2015 House • Introduced -HJ 14
    3/13/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Operations Subcommittee, 03/17/15, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
    3/17/2015 House • Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 250
    • Now in Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 250
    4/3/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/07/15, 8:45 am, Reed Hall
    4/7/2015 House • Favorable by Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 444
    • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 444
    4/10/2015 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/14/15, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
    4/14/2015 House • Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 551
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 551
    4/17/2015 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/15
    4/21/2015 House • Substituted SB 184 -HJ 609
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40) -HJ 609

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  • HB 109, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/16/2014 at 1:40 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Government Operations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 5/28/2015 (pdf)
    Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 4/7/2015 (pdf)
    State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/14/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 184 (er) Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot Evers Identical Last Action: 5/22/2015 Chapter No. 2015-40
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill
    H 1161 Elections Passidomo Compare Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 184 (Ch. 2015-40), CS/CS/SB 228 (Ch. 2015-36)
    Location: In committee/council (GVOPS)     		Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    101.6952 Absentee ballots for absent uniformed services and overseas voters. Page 2 (pdf)
    102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes. Page 5 (pdf)

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