Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7064
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/10/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Clemens) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 293 - 305
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
    6  101.657, Florida Statutes, is 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. The supervisor shall mark,
   11  code, indicate on, or otherwise track the voter’s precinct for
   12  each early voted ballot. In order for a branch office to be used
   13  for early voting, it shall be a permanent facility of the
   14  supervisor and shall have been designated and used as such for
   15  at least 1 year prior to the election. The supervisor may also
   16  designate any city hall, permanent public library facility,
   17  fairground, civic center, courthouse, county commission
   18  building, stadium, convention center, government-owned senior
   19  center, or government-owned community center as early voting
   20  sites; however, if so designated, the sites must be
   21  geographically located so as to provide all voters in the county
   22  an equal opportunity to cast a ballot, insofar as is
   23  practicable. In addition, a supervisor may designate one early
   24  voting site per election in an area of the county that does not
   25  have any of the eligible early voting locations. Such additional
   26  early voting site must be geographically located so as to
   27  provide all voters in that area with an equal opportunity to
   28  cast a ballot, insofar as is practicable. Each county shall, at
   29  a minimum, operate the same total number of early voting sites
   30  for a general election which the county operated for the 2012
   31  general election; however, for a special primary election or
   32  special election, each county need only operate as many early
   33  voting sites as it deems necessary. The results or tabulation of
   34  votes cast during early voting may not be made before the close
   35  of the polls on election day. Results shall be reported by
   36  precinct.
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   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete lines 37 - 38
   41  and insert:
   42         providing that a county operate as many early voting
   43         sites as deemed necessary for special primary
   44         elections and special elections; amending ss. 101.68