Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1794 Ì703098BÎ703098 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: UNFAV . 01/29/2020 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Rodriguez) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (509936) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Before line 5 5 insert: 6 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 7 101.111, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 8 101.111 Voter challenges.— 9 (1)(a) Any registered elector or poll watcher of a county 10 may challenge the right of a person to vote in that county. The 11 challenge must be in writing and contain the following oath, 12 which shall be delivered to the clerk or inspector: 13 14 OATH OF PERSON ENTERING CHALLENGE 15 16 State of Florida 17 County of .... 18 19 I do solemnly swear or affirm that my name is ....; that I am a 20 member of the .... Party; that I am a registered voter or 21 pollwatcher; that my residence address is ...., in the 22 municipality of ....; and that I have reason to believe that 23 .... is attempting to vote illegally and the reasons for my 24 belief are set forth herein. I further understand that if I file 25 a frivolous challenge of any person’s right to vote, I may be 26 convicted of a misdemeanor of the first degree, fined up to 27 $1,000, and imprisoned for up to 1 year.to wit:28 ................................................................ 29 ................................................................ 30 ...(Signature of person challenging voter)... 31 32 Sworn and subscribed to before me this .... day of ...., 33 ...(year).... 34 ...(Clerk of election)... 35 36 37 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 38 And the title is amended as follows: 39 Delete lines 427 - 428 40 and insert: 41 An act relating to elections; amending s. 101.111, 42 F.S.; revising the oath required of a person who 43 enters a voter challenge to include an affirmation of 44 the applicable penalty for filing a frivolous 45 challenge; amending s. 15.21, F.S.; requiring the