Florida Senate - 2017                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1325, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             05/05/2017 12:07 PM       .                                
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       Senator Mayfield moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (646064) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 54 - 177
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 5. Subsection (3) of section 101.131, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         101.131 Watchers at polls.—
    9         (3) Any elected official, No candidate, or sheriff, deputy
   10  sheriff, police officer, or other law enforcement officer may
   11  not be designated as a poll watcher.
   12         Section 6. Subsection (10) is added to section 101.151,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         101.151 Specifications for ballots.—
   15         (10)With respect to any certified voting system that uses
   16  a voter interface device to designate the elector’s ballot
   17  selections on a printed sheet of paper, this section, s.
   18  101.161, and ss. 101.2512-101.254 that prescribe the ballot
   19  layout apply only to the display of candidates and issues on the
   20  voter interface device.
   21         Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 101.20, Florida
   22  Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         101.20 Publication of ballot form; sample ballots.—
   24         (2) Upon completion of the list of qualified candidates and
   25  before the day of an election, a sample ballot shall be
   26  published by the supervisor of elections in a newspaper of
   27  general circulation in the county unless the supervisor mails a
   28  sample ballot to each registered elector or to each household in
   29  which there is a registered elector at least 7 days, before the
   30  day of an election. A supervisor may send a sample ballot to
   31  each registered elector by e-mail at least 7 days before the day
   32  of an election if an e-mail address has been provided and the
   33  elector has opted to receive a sample ballot by electronic
   34  delivery. If an e-mail address has not been provided, or if the
   35  elector has not opted for electronic delivery, a sample ballot
   36  may be mailed to each registered elector or to each household in
   37  which there is a registered elector at least 7 days before an
   38  election.
   39         Section 8. Subsection (5) of section 101.5603, Florida
   40  Statutes, is amended to read:
   41         101.5603 Definitions relating to Electronic Voting Systems
   42  Act.—As used in this act, the term:
   43         (5) “Marking device” means any approved device for marking
   44  a ballot with ink or other substance, including through a voter
   45  interface device, which will enable the ballot to be tabulated
   46  by means of automatic tabulating equipment.
   47         Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 101.56075, Florida
   48  Statutes, is amended to read:
   49         101.56075 Voting methods.—
   50         (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), all voting shall
   51  be by marksense ballot using utilizing a marking device for the
   52  purpose of designating ballot selections.
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   54  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   55  And the title is amended as follows:
   56         Delete lines 245 - 263
   57  and insert:
   58         except under certain circumstances; amending s.
   59         101.131, F.S.; prohibiting an elected official from
   60         being designated as a poll watcher; amending s.
   61         101.151, F.S.; providing applicability of specified
   62         ballot requirements to a voter interface device;
   63         amending s. 101.20, F.S.; providing an exception to
   64         the requirement that a sample ballot be published by
   65         the supervisor of elections in a newspaper of general
   66         circulation in the county; amending ss. 101.5603 and
   67         101.56075, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made