The Florida Senate

HB 733: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Stafford

Elections; Extends timeframe for which person who cast provisional ballot may present written evidence supporting his or her eligibility to vote; requires supervisor to provide certain notification to person whose provisional ballot was rejected; requires supervisor of elections to allow person who voted provisional ballot to present identification & submit affidavit to cure unsigned Provisional Ballot Voter's Certificate & Affirmation or provisional ballot rejected due to signature discrepancy; prescribes form & content of affidavit; provides instructions to accompany each affidavit; requires affidavit, instructions, & supervisor's contact information to be posted on specified websites; requires supervisor to attach received affidavit to corresponding provisional ballot envelope; requires supervisor to allow submission of affidavit to cure signature discrepancies on vote-by-mail ballot.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/9/2017	House	• Filed
  2/15/2017	House	• Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 85
  3/7/2017	House	• Introduced -HJ 85
  5/5/2017	House	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 105 (Ch. 2017-45)

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• HB 733, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/9/2017 at 11:50 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (4)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 598 (c1)	Canvassing of Provisional Ballots	Gibson	Similar	Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Judiciary
  H 105 (er)	Canvassing of Vote-by-mail Ballots	Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 6/2/2017 Chapter No. 2017-45
  S 544	Vote-by-mail Ballots	Braynon	Compare	Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Ethics and Elections, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 105 (Ch. 2017-45)
  S 954	Canvassing of Vote-by-mail Ballots	Passidomo	Compare	Last Action: 4/4/2017 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 105 (Ch. 2017-45) -SJ 286

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  97.053	Acceptance of voter registration applications.	Page 2 (pdf)
  101.048	Provisional ballots.	Page 3 (pdf)
  101.68	Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 9 (pdf)

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