Florida Senate - 2023                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 7050
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Hutson moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (17) of section 97.012, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         97.012 Secretary of State as chief election officer.—The
    8  Secretary of State is the chief election officer of the state,
    9  and it is his or her responsibility to:
   10         (17) Provide mandatory formal signature matching training
   11  to supervisors of elections and county canvassing board members.
   12  Any person whose duties require verification of signatures must
   13  undergo signature matching training. The department shall adopt
   14  rules governing signature matching procedures and training.
   15         Section 2. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section
   16  97.052, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         97.052 Uniform statewide voter registration application.—
   18         (3) The uniform statewide voter registration application
   19  must also contain:
   20         (g) A statement informing the applicant that if the
   21  application is being collected by a third-party voter
   22  registration organization, the organization might not deliver
   23  the application to the division or the supervisor in the county
   24  in which the applicant resides in less than 10 14 days or before
   25  registration closes for the next ensuing election, and that the
   26  applicant may instead elect to deliver the application in person
   27  or by mail or choose to register online. The statement must
   28  further inform the applicant how to determine whether the
   29  application has been delivered.
   30         Section 3. Subsection (13) of section 97.057, Florida
   31  Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway
   33  Safety and Motor Vehicles.—
   34         (13) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
   35  must assist the Department of State in regularly identifying
   36  changes in residence address on the driver license or
   37  identification card of a voter. The Department of State must
   38  report each such change to the appropriate supervisor of
   39  elections who must change the voter’s registration records in
   40  accordance with s. 98.065(4) s. 98.065(5).
   41         Section 4. Section 97.0575, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   42  read:
   43         97.0575 Third-party voter registration organizations
   44  registrations.—
   45         (1) Before engaging in any voter registration activities, a
   46  third-party voter registration organization must register and
   47  provide to the division, in an electronic format, the following
   48  information:
   49         (a) The names of the officers of the organization and the
   50  name and permanent address of the organization.
   51         (b) The name and address of the organization’s registered
   52  agent in the state.
   53         (c) The names, permanent addresses, and temporary
   54  addresses, if any, of each registration agent registering
   55  persons to vote in this state on behalf of the organization.
   56  This paragraph does not apply to persons who only solicit
   57  applications and do not collect or handle voter registration
   58  applications.
   59         (d)Beginning November 6, 2024, the specific general
   60  election cycle for which the third-party voter registration
   61  organization is registering persons to vote.
   62         (e)An affirmation that each person collecting or handling
   63  voter registration applications on behalf of the third-party
   64  voter registration organization has not been convicted of a
   65  felony violation of the Election Code, a felony violation of an
   66  offense specified in s. 825.103, a felony offense specified in
   67  s. 98.0751(2)(b) or (c), or a felony offense specified in
   68  chapter 817, chapter 831, or chapter 837. A third-party voter
   69  registration organization is liable for a fine in the amount of
   70  $50,000 for each such person who has been convicted of a felony
   71  violation of the Election Code, a felony violation of an offense
   72  specified in s. 825.103, a felony offense specified in s.
   73  98.0751(2)(b) or (c), or a felony offense specified in chapter
   74  817, chapter 831, or chapter 837 who is collecting or handling
   75  voter registration applications on behalf of the third-party
   76  voter registration organization.
   77         (f)An affirmation that each person collecting or handling
   78  voter registration applications on behalf of the third-party
   79  voter registration organization is a citizen of the United
   80  States of America. A third-party voter registration organization
   81  is liable for a fine in the amount of $50,000 for each such
   82  person who is not a citizen and is collecting or handling voter
   83  registration applications on behalf of the third-party voter
   84  registration organization.
   85         (2)Beginning November 6, 2024, the registration of a
   86  third-party voter registration organization automatically
   87  expires at the conclusion of the specific general election cycle
   88  for which the third-party voter registration organization is
   89  registered.
   90         (3)(2) The division or the supervisor of elections shall
   91  make voter registration forms available to third-party voter
   92  registration organizations. All such forms must contain
   93  information identifying the organization to which the forms are
   94  provided. The division shall maintain a database of all third
   95  party voter registration organizations and the voter
   96  registration forms assigned to the third-party voter
   97  registration organization. Each supervisor of elections shall
   98  provide to the division information on voter registration forms
   99  assigned to and received from third-party voter registration
  100  organizations. The information must be provided in a format and
  101  at times as required by the division by rule. The division shall
  102  must update information on third-party voter registrations daily
  103  and make the information publicly available.
  104         (4)A third-party voter registration organization that
  105  collects voter registration applications shall provide a receipt
  106  to an applicant upon accepting possession of his or her
  107  application. The division shall adopt by rule a uniform format
  108  for the receipt by October 1, 2023. The format must include, but
  109  need not be limited to, the name of the applicant, the date the
  110  application is received, the name of the third-party voter
  111  registration organization, the name of the registration agent,
  112  the applicant’s political party affiliation, and the county in
  113  which the applicant resides.
  114         (5)(a)(3)(a) A third-party voter registration organization
  115  that collects voter registration applications serves as a
  116  fiduciary to the applicant and shall ensure, ensuring that any
  117  voter registration application entrusted to the organization,
  118  irrespective of party affiliation, race, ethnicity, or gender,
  119  is must be promptly delivered to the division or the supervisor
  120  of elections in the county in which the applicant resides within
  121  10 14 days after the application is was completed by the
  122  applicant, but not after registration closes for the next
  123  ensuing election. If a voter registration application collected
  124  by any third-party voter registration organization is not
  125  promptly delivered to the division or supervisor of elections in
  126  the county in which the applicant resides, the third-party voter
  127  registration organization is liable for the following fines:
  128         1. A fine in the amount of $50 per each day late, up to
  129  $2,500, for each application received by the division or the
  130  supervisor of elections in the county in which the applicant
  131  resides more than 10 14 days after the applicant delivered the
  132  completed voter registration application to the third-party
  133  voter registration organization or any person, entity, or agent
  134  acting on its behalf. A fine in the amount of $2,500 $250 for
  135  each application received if the third-party voter registration
  136  organization or person, entity, or agency acting on its behalf
  137  acted willfully.
  138         2. A fine in the amount of $100 per each day late, up to
  139  $5,000, for each application collected by a third-party voter
  140  registration organization or any person, entity, or agent acting
  141  on its behalf, before book closing for any given election for
  142  federal or state office and received by the division or the
  143  supervisor of elections in the county in which the applicant
  144  resides after the book-closing deadline for such election. A
  145  fine in the amount of $5,000 $500 for each application received
  146  if the third-party voter registration organization or any
  147  person, entity, or agency acting on its behalf acted willfully.
  148         3. A fine in the amount of $500 for each application
  149  collected by a third-party voter registration organization or
  150  any person, entity, or agent acting on its behalf, which is not
  151  submitted to the division or supervisor of elections in the
  152  county in which the applicant resides. A fine in the amount of
  153  $5,000 $1,000 for any application not submitted if the third
  154  party voter registration organization or person, entity, or
  155  agency acting on its behalf acted willfully.
  156  
  157  The aggregate fine which may be assessed pursuant to this
  158  paragraph which may be assessed against a third-party voter
  159  registration organization, including affiliate organizations,
  160  for violations committed in a calendar year is $250,000 $50,000.
  161         (b) A showing by the third-party voter registration
  162  organization that the failure to deliver the voter registration
  163  application within the required timeframe is based upon force
  164  majeure or impossibility of performance shall be an affirmative
  165  defense to a violation of this subsection. The secretary may
  166  waive the fines described in this subsection upon a showing that
  167  the failure to deliver the voter registration application
  168  promptly is based upon force majeure or impossibility of
  169  performance.
  170         (6)(4) If a person collecting voter registration
  171  applications on behalf of a third-party voter registration
  172  organization alters the voter registration application of any
  173  other person, without the other person’s knowledge and consent,
  174  in violation of s. 104.012(4) and is subsequently convicted of
  175  such offense, the applicable third-party voter registration
  176  organization is liable for a fine in the amount of $5,000 $1,000
  177  for each application altered.
  178         (7)If a person collecting voter registration applications
  179  on behalf of a third-party voter registration organization
  180  copies a voter’s application or retains a voter’s personal
  181  information, such as the voter’s Florida driver license number,
  182  Florida identification card number, social security number, or
  183  signature, for any reason other than to provide such application
  184  or information to the third-party voter registration
  185  organization in compliance with this section, the person commits
  186  a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
  187  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  188         (8)(5) If the Secretary of State reasonably believes that a
  189  person has committed a violation of this section, the secretary
  190  may refer the matter to the Attorney General for enforcement.
  191  The Attorney General may institute a civil action for a
  192  violation of this section or to prevent a violation of this
  193  section. An action for relief may include a permanent or
  194  temporary injunction, a restraining order, or any other
  195  appropriate order.
  196         (9)(6) The division shall adopt by rule a form to elicit
  197  specific information concerning the facts and circumstances from
  198  a person who claims to have been registered to vote by a third
  199  party voter registration organization but who does not appear as
  200  an active voter on the voter registration rolls. The division
  201  shall also adopt rules to ensure the integrity of the
  202  registration process, including controls to ensure that all
  203  completed forms are promptly delivered to the division or a
  204  supervisor in the county in which the applicant resides.
  205         (10)(7) The date on which an applicant signs a voter
  206  registration application is presumed to be the date on which the
  207  third-party voter registration organization received or
  208  collected the voter registration application.
  209         (11)A third-party voter registration organization may not
  210  mail or otherwise provide a voter registration application upon
  211  which any information about an applicant has been filled in
  212  before it is provided to the applicant. A third-party voter
  213  registration organization that violates this section is liable
  214  for a fine in the amount of $50 for each such application.
  215         (12)(8) The requirements of this section are retroactive
  216  for any third-party voter registration organization registered
  217  with the department as of July 1, 2023 on the effective date of
  218  this act, and must be complied with within 90 days after the
  219  department provides notice to the third-party voter registration
  220  organization of the requirements contained in this section.
  221  Failure of the third-party voter registration organization to
  222  comply with the requirements within 90 days after receipt of the
  223  notice shall automatically result in the cancellation of the
  224  third-party voter registration organization’s registration.
  225         Section 5. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 97.071,
  226  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  227         97.071 Voter information card.—
  228         (1) A voter information card must shall be furnished by the
  229  supervisor to all registered voters residing in the supervisor’s
  230  county. The card must contain:
  231         (a) Voter’s registration number.
  232         (b) Date of registration.
  233         (c) Full name.
  234         (d) Party affiliation.
  235         (e) Date of birth.
  236         (f) Address of legal residence.
  237         (g) Precinct number.
  238         (h) Polling place address and a link to the supervisor’s
  239  website to provide the most current polling place locations.
  240         (i) Name of supervisor and contact information of
  241  supervisor.
  242         (j)The following statement: “This card is for information
  243  purposes only. This card is proof of registration but is not
  244  legal verification of eligibility to vote. It is the
  245  responsibility of a voter to keep his or her eligibility status
  246  current. A voter may confirm his or her eligibility to vote with
  247  the Department of State.”
  248         (k)(j) Other information deemed necessary by the
  249  supervisor.
  250         (3) In the case of a change of name, address of legal
  251  residence, polling place address, or party affiliation, the
  252  supervisor shall issue the voter a new voter information card. A
  253  temporary change made to a polling location pursuant to ss.
  254  101.71 and 101.74 does not require the issuance of a new voter
  255  information card.
  256         Section 6. The amendments made to s. 97.071, Florida
  257  Statutes, by this act, only apply to new and replacement voter
  258  information cards issued on or after July 1, 2023.
  259         Section 7. Subsections (2), (3), and (4), paragraph (c) of
  260  subsection (5), and paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section
  261  98.065, Florida Statutes, are amended, and a new subsection (6)
  262  is added to that section, to read:
  263         98.065 Registration list maintenance programs.—
  264         (2) A supervisor must incorporate one or more of the
  265  following procedures in the supervisor’s annual registration
  266  list maintenance program under which the supervisor shall:
  267         (a) Use change-of-address information supplied by the
  268  United States Postal Service through its licensees to identify
  269  registered voters whose addresses might have changed.
  270  Additionally, in odd-numbered years, unless the supervisor is
  271  conducting the procedure specified in paragraph (b), the
  272  supervisor must identify change-of-address information from
  273  address confirmation final notices returned nonforwardable
  274  return-if-undeliverable address confirmation requests mailed to
  275  all registered voters who have not voted in the preceding two
  276  general elections or any intervening election and who have not
  277  made a request that their registration records be updated during
  278  that time; or
  279         (b) Identify change-of-address information from returned
  280  nonforwardable return-if-undeliverable address confirmation
  281  requests mail sent to all registered voters in the county.
  282         (3)Address confirmation requests sent pursuant to
  283  paragraph (2)(a) and mail sent pursuant to paragraph (b) must be
  284  addressed to the voter’s address of legal residence, not
  285  including voters temporarily residing outside the county and
  286  registered in the precinct designated by the supervisor pursuant
  287  to s. 101.045(1). If a request is returned as undeliverable, any
  288  other notification sent to the voter pursuant to subsection (5)
  289  or s. 98.0655 must be addressed to the voter’s mailing address
  290  on file, if any.
  291         (3)(4) A registration list maintenance program must be
  292  conducted by each supervisor, at a minimum, once each year,
  293  beginning no later than April 1, and must be completed at least
  294  not later than 90 days before the date of any federal election.
  295  All list maintenance actions associated with each voter must be
  296  entered, tracked, recorded, and maintained in the statewide
  297  voter registration system.
  298         (4)(5)
  299         (c) If an address confirmation request required by
  300  paragraph (2)(b) (2)(a) is returned as undeliverable without
  301  indication of an address change, or there is no response from
  302  the voter within 30 days, or if any other nonforwardable return
  303  if-undeliverable mail is returned as undeliverable with no
  304  indication of an address change, the supervisor must shall send
  305  an address confirmation final notice to all addresses on file
  306  for the voter.
  307         (6)The supervisor shall, at a minimum, conduct an annual
  308  review of voter registration records to identify registration
  309  records in which a voter is registered at an address that may
  310  not be an address of legal residence for the voter. For those
  311  registration records with such addresses that the supervisor has
  312  reasonable belief are not legal residential addresses, the
  313  supervisor shall initiate list maintenance activities pursuant
  314  to s. 98.075(6) and (7).
  315         (7)(a) No later than July 31 and January 31 of each year,
  316  the supervisor must certify to the department the address list
  317  maintenance activities conducted during the first 6 months and
  318  the second 6 months of the year, respectively, including the
  319  number of address confirmation requests sent, the number of
  320  voters designated as inactive, and the number of voters removed
  321  from the statewide voter registration system.
  322         Section 8. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  323  98.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  324         98.0655 Registration list maintenance forms.—The department
  325  shall prescribe registration list maintenance forms to be used
  326  by the supervisors which must include:
  327         (1) An address confirmation request that must contain:
  328         (c)If the address confirmation request is required by s.
  329  98.065(2)(a), a statement that if the voter has not changed his
  330  or her legal residence or has changed his or her legal residence
  331  within the state, the voter should return the form within 30
  332  days after the date on which the notice was sent to the voter;
  333  and
  334         Section 9. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and subsections
  335  (3) through (8) of section 98.075, Florida Statutes, are amended
  336  to read:
  337         98.075 Registration records maintenance activities;
  338  ineligibility determinations.—
  339         (2) DUPLICATE REGISTRATION.—
  340         (c) Information received by the department from another
  341  state or the District of Columbia upon the department becoming a
  342  member of a nongovernmental entity as provided in subparagraph
  343  (b)1., which is confidential or exempt pursuant to the laws of
  344  that state or the District of Columbia, is exempt from s.
  345  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. The
  346  department shall provide such information to the supervisors to
  347  conduct registration list maintenance activities. This paragraph
  348  is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in
  349  accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2,
  350  2023, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment
  351  by the Legislature.
  352         (3) DECEASED PERSONS.—
  353         (a)1. The department shall identify those registered voters
  354  who are deceased by comparing information received from:
  355         a. The Department of Health as provided in s. 98.093;
  356         b. The United States Social Security Administration,
  357  including, but not limited to, any master death file or index
  358  compiled by the United States Social Security Administration;
  359  and
  360         c. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
  361         2. Within 7 days after receipt of such information through
  362  the statewide voter registration system, the supervisor shall
  363  remove the name of the registered voter.
  364         (b) The supervisor shall remove the name of a deceased
  365  registered voter from the statewide voter registration system
  366  within 7 days after upon receipt of a copy of a death
  367  certificate issued by a governmental agency authorized to issue
  368  death certificates.
  369         (4) ADJUDICATION OF MENTAL INCAPACITY.—The department shall
  370  identify those registered voters who have been adjudicated
  371  mentally incapacitated with respect to voting and who have not
  372  had their voting rights restored by comparing information
  373  received from the clerk of the circuit court as provided in s.
  374  98.093. The department shall review such information and make an
  375  initial determination as to whether the information is credible
  376  and reliable. If the department determines that the information
  377  is credible and reliable, the department must shall notify the
  378  supervisor and provide a copy of the supporting documentation
  379  indicating the potential ineligibility of the voter to be
  380  registered. Upon receipt of the notice that the department has
  381  made a determination of initial credibility and reliability, the
  382  supervisor shall adhere to the procedures set forth in
  383  subsection (7) before prior to the removal of a registered voter
  384  from the statewide voter registration system.
  385         (5) FELONY CONVICTION.—
  386         (a) The department shall identify those registered voters
  387  who have been convicted of a felony and whose voting rights have
  388  not been restored by comparing information received from, but
  389  not limited to, a clerk of the circuit court, the Board of
  390  Executive Clemency, the Department of Corrections, the
  391  Department of Law Enforcement, or a United States Attorney’s
  392  Office, as provided in s. 98.093. The department shall review
  393  such information and make an initial determination as to whether
  394  the information is credible and reliable. If the department
  395  determines that the information is credible and reliable, the
  396  department must shall notify the supervisor and provide a copy
  397  of the supporting documentation indicating the potential
  398  ineligibility of the voter to be registered. Upon receipt of the
  399  notice that the department has made a determination of initial
  400  credibility and reliability, the supervisor shall adhere to the
  401  procedures set forth in subsection (7) before prior to the
  402  removal of a registered voter’s name from the statewide voter
  403  registration system.
  404         (b)The supervisors shall coordinate with their respective
  405  clerks of the court to obtain information pursuant to s. 98.093
  406  to identify registered voters within their respective
  407  jurisdictions who have been convicted of a felony during the
  408  preceding week and whose voting rights have not been restored.
  409  The supervisor shall adhere to the procedures set forth in
  410  subsection (7) before the removal of a registered voter’s name
  411  from the statewide voter registration system. For purposes of
  412  this paragraph, a supervisor’s duties under subsection (7) begin
  413  upon his or her determination that the information received from
  414  the clerk is credible and reliable.
  415         (6) OTHER BASES FOR INELIGIBILITY.—Subsections (2)-(5) do
  416  not limit or restrict the department or the supervisor in his or
  417  her duty to act upon direct receipt of, access to, or knowledge
  418  of information from any governmental entity that identifies a
  419  registered voter as potentially ineligible. If the department or
  420  supervisor receives information from any governmental entity
  421  sources other than those identified in subsections (2)-(5) that
  422  a registered voter is ineligible because the voter he or she is
  423  deceased, adjudicated a convicted felon without having had his
  424  or her voting rights restored, adjudicated mentally
  425  incapacitated without having had his or her voting rights
  426  restored, does not meet the age requirement pursuant to s.
  427  97.041, is not a United States citizen, is a fictitious person,
  428  or has listed an address a residence that is not his or her
  429  address of legal residence, the supervisor must adhere to the
  430  procedures set forth in subsection (7) before prior to the
  431  removal of the name of a registered voter who is determined to
  432  be ineligible a registered voter’s name from the statewide voter
  433  registration system.
  434         (7) PROCEDURES FOR REMOVAL.—
  435         (a) If the supervisor receives notice or information
  436  pursuant to subsections (4)-(6), the supervisor of the county in
  437  which the voter is registered must shall:
  438         1. Notify the registered voter of his or her potential
  439  ineligibility by mail within 7 days after receipt of notice or
  440  information. The notice must shall include:
  441         a. A statement of the basis for the registered voter’s
  442  potential ineligibility and a copy of any documentation upon
  443  which the potential ineligibility is based. Such documentation
  444  must include any conviction from another jurisdiction determined
  445  to be a similar offense to murder or a felony sexual offense, as
  446  those terms are defined in s. 98.0751.
  447         b. A statement that failure to respond within 30 days after
  448  receipt of the notice may result in a determination of
  449  ineligibility and in removal of the registered voter’s name from
  450  the statewide voter registration system.
  451         c. A return form that requires the registered voter to
  452  admit or deny the accuracy of the information underlying the
  453  potential ineligibility for purposes of a final determination by
  454  the supervisor.
  455         d. A statement that, if the voter is denying the accuracy
  456  of the information underlying the potential ineligibility, the
  457  voter has a right to request a hearing for the purpose of
  458  determining eligibility.
  459         e. Instructions for the registered voter to contact the
  460  supervisor of elections of the county in which the voter is
  461  registered if assistance is needed in resolving the matter.
  462         f. Instructions for seeking restoration of civil rights
  463  pursuant to s. 8, Art. IV of the State Constitution and
  464  information explaining voting rights restoration pursuant to s.
  465  4, Art. VI of the State Constitution following a felony
  466  conviction, if applicable.
  467         g.The following statement: “If you attempt to vote at an
  468  early voting site or your normal election day polling place, you
  469  will be required to vote a provisional ballot. If you vote by
  470  mail, your ballot will be treated as a provisional ballot. In
  471  either case, your ballot may not be counted until a final
  472  determination of eligibility is made. If you wish for your
  473  ballot to be counted, you must contact the supervisor of
  474  elections office within 2 days after the election and present
  475  evidence that you are eligible to vote.”
  476         2. If the mailed notice is returned as undeliverable, the
  477  supervisor must, within 14 days after receiving the returned
  478  notice, either publish shall publish notice once in a newspaper
  479  of general circulation in the county in which the voter was last
  480  registered or publish notice on the county’s website as provided
  481  in s. 50.0311 or on the supervisor’s website, as deemed
  482  appropriate by the supervisor. The notice must shall contain the
  483  following:
  484         a. The voter’s name and address.
  485         b. A statement that the voter is potentially ineligible to
  486  be registered to vote.
  487         c. A statement that failure to respond within 30 days after
  488  the notice is published may result in a determination of
  489  ineligibility by the supervisor and removal of the registered
  490  voter’s name from the statewide voter registration system.
  491         d. An instruction for the voter to contact the supervisor
  492  no later than 30 days after the date of the published notice to
  493  receive information regarding the basis for the potential
  494  ineligibility and the procedure to resolve the matter.
  495         e. An instruction to the voter that, if further assistance
  496  is needed, the voter should contact the supervisor of elections
  497  of the county in which the voter is registered.
  498         f.A statement that, if the voter denies the accuracy of
  499  the information underlying the potential ineligibility, the
  500  voter has a right to request a hearing for the purpose of
  501  determining eligibility.
  502         g.The following statement: “If you attempt to vote at an
  503  early voting site or your normal election day polling place, you
  504  will be required to vote a provisional ballot. If you vote by
  505  mail, your ballot will be treated as a provisional ballot. In
  506  either case, your ballot may not be counted until a final
  507  determination of eligibility is made. If you wish for your
  508  ballot to be counted, you must contact the supervisor of
  509  elections office within 2 days after the election and present
  510  evidence that you are eligible to vote.”
  511         3. If a registered voter fails to respond to a notice
  512  pursuant to subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., the supervisor
  513  must shall make a final determination of the voter’s eligibility
  514  within 7 days after expiration of the voter’s timeframe to
  515  respond. If the supervisor determines that the voter is
  516  ineligible, the supervisor must shall remove the name of the
  517  registered voter from the statewide voter registration system
  518  within 7 days. The supervisor shall notify the registered voter
  519  of the supervisor’s determination and action.
  520         4. If a registered voter responds to the notice pursuant to
  521  subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. and admits the accuracy of
  522  the information underlying the potential ineligibility, the
  523  supervisor must, as soon as practicable, shall make a final
  524  determination of ineligibility and shall remove the voter’s name
  525  from the statewide voter registration system. The supervisor
  526  shall notify the registered voter of the supervisor’s
  527  determination and action.
  528         5. If a registered voter responds to the notice issued
  529  pursuant to subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. and denies the
  530  accuracy of the information underlying the potential
  531  ineligibility but does not request a hearing, the supervisor
  532  must shall review the evidence and make a final determination of
  533  eligibility no later than 30 days after receiving the response
  534  from the voter. If the supervisor determines that the registered
  535  voter is ineligible, the supervisor must remove the voter’s name
  536  from the statewide voter registration system upon such
  537  determination and notify the registered voter of the
  538  supervisor’s determination and action and that the removed voter
  539  has a right to appeal a determination of ineligibility pursuant
  540  to s. 98.0755. If such registered voter requests a hearing, the
  541  supervisor must shall send notice to the registered voter to
  542  attend a hearing at a time and place specified in the notice.
  543  The supervisor shall schedule and issue notice for the hearing
  544  within 7 days after receiving the voter’s request for a hearing
  545  and shall hold the hearing no later than 30 days after issuing
  546  the notice of the hearing. A voter may request an extension upon
  547  showing good cause by submitting an affidavit to the supervisor
  548  as to why he or she is unable to attend the scheduled hearing.
  549  Upon hearing all evidence presented at the hearing, the
  550  supervisor shall make a determination of eligibility within 7
  551  days. If the supervisor determines that the registered voter is
  552  ineligible, the supervisor must shall remove the voter’s name
  553  from the statewide voter registration system and notify the
  554  registered voter of the supervisor’s determination and action
  555  and that the removed voter has a right to appeal a determination
  556  of ineligibility pursuant to s. 98.0755.
  557         (b) The following shall apply to this subsection:
  558         1. All determinations of eligibility must shall be based on
  559  a preponderance of the evidence.
  560         2. All proceedings are exempt from the provisions of
  561  chapter 120.
  562         3. Any notice must shall be sent to the registered voter by
  563  certified mail, return receipt requested, or other means that
  564  provides a verification of receipt or must shall be published in
  565  a newspaper of general circulation where the voter was last
  566  registered, on the county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311,
  567  or on the supervisor’s website, whichever is applicable.
  568         4. The supervisor shall remove the name of any registered
  569  voter from the statewide voter registration system only after
  570  the supervisor makes a final determination that the voter is
  571  ineligible to vote.
  572         5. Any voter whose name has been removed from the statewide
  573  voter registration system pursuant to a determination of
  574  ineligibility may appeal that determination under the provisions
  575  of s. 98.0755.
  576         6. Any voter whose name was removed from the statewide
  577  voter registration system on the basis of a determination of
  578  ineligibility who subsequently becomes eligible to vote must
  579  reregister in order to have his or her name restored to the
  580  statewide voter registration system.
  581         (8) CERTIFICATION.—
  582         (a) No later than July 31 and January 31 of each year, the
  583  supervisor shall certify to the department that the supervisor
  584  has the activities conducted the activities required pursuant to
  585  this section during the first 6 months and the second 6 months
  586  of the year, respectively. The certification must shall include
  587  the number of persons to whom notices were sent pursuant to
  588  subsection (7), the number of persons who responded to the
  589  notices, the number of notices returned as undeliverable, the
  590  number of notices published in the newspaper, on the county’s
  591  website, or on the supervisor’s website, the number of hearings
  592  conducted, and the number of persons removed from the statewide
  593  voter registration system systems and the reasons for such
  594  removals.
  595         (b) If, based on the certification provided pursuant to
  596  paragraph (a), the department determines that a supervisor has
  597  not satisfied the requirements of this section, the department
  598  shall satisfy the appropriate requirements for that county.
  599  Failure to satisfy the requirements of this section constitutes
  600  shall constitute a violation of s. 104.051.
  601         Section 10. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
  602  98.077, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  603         98.077 Update of voter signature.—
  604         (2) The department and supervisors of elections shall
  605  include in any correspondence, other than postcard notifications
  606  and notices relating to eligibility, sent to a registered voter
  607  information regarding when, where, and how to update the voter’s
  608  signature and shall provide the voter information on how to
  609  obtain a voter registration application from a voter
  610  registration official which can be returned to update the
  611  signature.
  612         (3) At least once during each general election year before
  613  the presidential preference primary or the primary election,
  614  whichever occurs first, the supervisor shall publish in a
  615  newspaper of general circulation or other newspaper in the
  616  county, on the county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311, or on
  617  the supervisor’s website, as deemed appropriate by the
  618  supervisor, a notice specifying when, where, or how a voter can
  619  update his or her signature that is on file and how a voter can
  620  obtain a voter registration application from a voter
  621  registration official.
  622         (4) Except as authorized in ss. 101.048 and 101.68:
  623         (a) All signature updates for use in verifying vote-by-mail
  624  voter certificates, and provisional ballot voter certificates,
  625  or petitions ballots must be received by the appropriate
  626  supervisor before the voter’s elector’s ballot is received by
  627  the supervisor or, in the case of provisional ballots, before
  628  the voter’s elector’s ballot is cast or, in the case of a
  629  petition, before the petition is submitted for signature
  630  verification.
  631         (b) The signature on file at the time the vote-by-mail
  632  ballot is received, or at the time the provisional ballot is
  633  cast, or at the time a petition is reviewed is the signature
  634  that must shall be used in verifying the signature on the vote
  635  by-mail voter certificates, and provisional ballot voter
  636  certificates, or petitions, respectively. For signatures
  637  requiring secondary or tertiary review, older signatures from
  638  previous registration updates may be used.
  639         Section 11. Section 98.093, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  640  read:
  641         98.093 Duty of officials to furnish information relating to
  642  deceased persons, persons adjudicated mentally incapacitated,
  643  persons convicted of a felony, and persons who are not United
  644  States citizens.—
  645         (1) DUTIES.—In order to identify ineligible registered
  646  voters and maintain accurate and current voter registration
  647  records in the statewide voter registration system pursuant to
  648  procedures in s. 98.065 or s. 98.075, it is necessary for the
  649  department and supervisors of elections to receive or access
  650  certain information from state and federal officials and
  651  entities in the format prescribed.
  652         (2) To the maximum extent feasible, state and local
  653  government agencies shall facilitate provision of information
  654  and access to data to the department, including, but not limited
  655  to, databases that contain reliable criminal records and records
  656  of deceased persons. State and local government agencies that
  657  provide such data must shall do so without charge if the direct
  658  cost incurred by those agencies is not significant.
  659         (2)(a)DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.—The Department of Health shall
  660  furnish weekly monthly to the department a list containing the
  661  name, address, date of birth, date of death, social security
  662  number, race, and sex of each deceased person 17 years of age or
  663  older whose death was reported during the preceding week.
  664         (3)(b)CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.—Each clerk of the
  665  circuit court shall furnish weekly to the department and to the
  666  supervisors in their respective jurisdictions the following
  667  information monthly to the department:
  668         (a)1.Information identifying A list of those persons who
  669  have been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to
  670  voting during the preceding week and calendar month, a list of
  671  those persons whose mental capacity with respect to voting has
  672  been restored during the preceding week. The information must
  673  include each person’s name; address; date of birth; race; sex;
  674  and, if available, his or her Florida driver license number or
  675  Florida identification card number or the last four digits of
  676  his or her social security number. The clerk shall provide the
  677  information to the department to assist a supervisor in
  678  identifying registered voters in his or her county who are
  679  adjudicated mentally incapacitated outside of his or her county
  680  pursuant to s. 98.075(4).
  681         (b)Information identifying calendar month, and a list of
  682  those persons who have responded to returned signed jury notices
  683  during the preceding week from months to the clerk of the
  684  circuit court and whose response indicated indicating a change
  685  of address. The information must Each list shall include each
  686  person’s the name;, address;, date of birth;, race;, sex;, and,
  687  if whichever is available, the Florida driver license number or,
  688  Florida identification card number, or the last four digits of
  689  his or her social security number of each such person.
  690         (c)2. Information on the terms of sentence for felony
  691  convictions, including any financial obligations for court
  692  costs, fees, and fines, of all persons listed in the clerk’s
  693  records whose last known address in the clerk’s records is
  694  within this state and who have been convicted of a felony during
  695  the preceding week month. The information may be provided to the
  696  supervisor directly by the clerk individual clerks of the
  697  circuit court or may be provided on the clerk’s their behalf
  698  through the Comprehensive Case Information System. The clerk
  699  shall provide the information to the department to assist a
  700  supervisor in identifying registered voters in his or her county
  701  who are adjudicated of a felony outside of his or her county.
  702  For each felony conviction reported, the information must
  703  include:
  704         1.a. The full name;, last known address;, date of birth;,
  705  race;, sex;, and, if available, the Florida driver license
  706  number or Florida identification card number, as applicable;,
  707  and the last four digits of the social security number of the
  708  person convicted.
  709         2.b. The amounts of all financial obligations, including
  710  restitution and court costs, fees, and fines, and, if known, the
  711  amount of financial obligations not yet satisfied.
  712         3.c. The county in which the conviction occurred.
  713         4.d. The statute number violated, statute table text, date
  714  of conviction, and case number.
  715         (4)(c)UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—Upon receipt of information
  716  from the United States Attorney, listing persons convicted of a
  717  felony in federal court, the department shall use such
  718  information to identify registered voters or applicants for
  719  voter registration who may be potentially ineligible based on
  720  information provided in accordance with s. 98.075.
  721         (5)(d)DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The Department of Law
  722  Enforcement shall identify and report to the department at least
  723  weekly those persons who have been convicted of a felony during
  724  the preceding week who appear in the voter registration records
  725  supplied by the statewide voter registration system, in a time
  726  and manner that enables the department to meet its obligations
  727  under state and federal law.
  728         (6)(e)FLORIDA COMMISSION ON OFFENDER REVIEW.—The Florida
  729  Commission on Offender Review shall furnish at least weekly
  730  bimonthly to the department data, including the identity of
  731  those persons granted clemency in the preceding month or any
  732  updates to prior records which have occurred in the preceding
  733  month. The data must shall contain the commission’s case number
  734  and the person’s name, address, date of birth, race, gender,
  735  Florida driver license number, Florida identification card
  736  number, or the last four digits of the social security number,
  737  if available, and references to record identifiers assigned by
  738  the Department of Corrections and the Department of Law
  739  Enforcement, a unique identifier of each clemency case, and the
  740  effective date of clemency of each person.
  741         (7)(f)DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.—The Department of
  742  Corrections shall identify and report to the department at least
  743  weekly those persons who have been convicted of a felony and
  744  committed to its custody or placed on community supervision
  745  during the preceding week. The information must be provided to
  746  the department at a time and in a manner that enables the
  747  department to identify registered voters who are convicted
  748  felons and to meet its obligations under state and federal law.
  749         (8)(g)DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES.—The
  750  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall furnish
  751  weekly monthly to the department the following information:
  752         (a)1.Information identifying A list of those persons whose
  753  names have been removed from the Florida driver license or
  754  Florida identification card database during the preceding week
  755  because they have been licensed or been issued an identification
  756  card in another state. The information list must contain the
  757  person’s name, last known Florida address, date of birth, sex,
  758  last four digits of his or her social security number, and
  759  Florida driver license number or Florida identification card
  760  number and, if available, the address and the state in which the
  761  person is now licensed of each such person.
  762         (b)2.Information identifying A list of those persons who
  763  during the preceding week presented evidence of non-United
  764  States citizenship upon being issued a new or renewed Florida
  765  driver license or Florida identification card. The information
  766  list must contain the person’s name; address; date of birth;
  767  last four digits of the; social security number, if applicable;
  768  and Florida driver license number or Florida identification card
  769  number, as available applicable; and alien registration number
  770  or other legal status identifier, of each such person.
  771         (c)Information identifying those persons for which it has
  772  received official information during the preceding week that the
  773  person is deceased. The information must contain the name,
  774  address, date of birth, last four digits of the social security
  775  number, Florida driver license number or Florida identification
  776  card number, and date of death of each such person.
  777         (9)(3)CONSTRUCTION.—This section does not limit or
  778  restrict the supervisor in his or her duty to act upon direct
  779  receipt of, access to, or knowledge of official information from
  780  these and other governmental entities that identify a registered
  781  voter as potentially ineligible and to initiate removal of
  782  remove the name of the registered voter who is determined to be
  783  ineligible names of persons from the statewide voter
  784  registration system pursuant to s. 98.075(7) based upon
  785  information received from other sources.
  786         Section 12. Section 98.0981, Florida Statutes, is amended
  787  to read:
  788         98.0981 Reports; voting history; statewide voter
  789  registration system information; precinct-level election
  790  results; book closing statistics; live turnout data.—
  791         (1) VOTING HISTORY AND STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM
  792  INFORMATION.—Each supervisor shall submit the reports required
  793  by this subsection to the department no later than 10 business
  794  days after the Elections Canvassing Commission certifies the
  795  results of an election.
  796         (a) Reconciliation.—For each presidential preference
  797  primary election, special primary election, special election,
  798  primary election, and general election, the supervisor shall
  799  reconcile the aggregate total of ballots cast in each precinct
  800  to the aggregate number of voters with voter history pursuant to
  801  paragraph (b) and the precinct-level election results pursuant
  802  to subsection (3) and submit a reconciliation report. The report
  803  must be submitted to the department in an electronic format
  804  pursuant to file format and specifications set forth by rule.
  805  The report must include a written explanation if the
  806  reconciliation results in a discrepancy between the voter
  807  history and the election results.
  808         (b)Voting history.—For each Within 30 days after
  809  certification by the Elections Canvassing Commission of a
  810  presidential preference primary, special election, special
  811  primary election, primary election, or general election, as
  812  applicable, supervisors of elections shall transmit completely
  813  updated voting history information for each qualified voter to
  814  the department. Such information must be provided, in a uniform
  815  electronic format pursuant to file specifications adopted by the
  816  department by rule. The voting history information must include:
  817  specified in paragraph (d), completely updated voting history
  818  information for each qualified voter who voted
  819         1.The unique identifier assigned to each qualified voter
  820  within the statewide voter registration system.
  821         2.Each qualified voter’s unique precinct identifier, as
  822  designated by the county within the statewide voter registration
  823  system, at the time of voting. For purposes of this
  824  subparagraph, the term “unique precinct identifier” means an
  825  alphanumeric code representing the precinct name or number and
  826  containing no more than the maximum characters as specified by
  827  rule.
  828         3.Specifics as to each qualified voter’s voting history,
  829  including whether the qualified voter voted a regular ballot
  830  during the early voting period, voted during the early voting
  831  period using a provisional ballot that was subsequently counted,
  832  voted a regular ballot at a precinct location, voted at a
  833  precinct location using a provisional ballot that was
  834  subsequently counted, voted by vote-by-mail ballot, attempted to
  835  vote by a timely received vote-by-mail ballot that was not
  836  counted, attempted to vote by a vote-by-mail ballot that was
  837  received untimely, attempted to vote by provisional ballot that
  838  was not counted, or did not vote.
  839         (c)Precinct boundaries.—For each presidential preference
  840  primary election, special primary election, special election,
  841  primary election, and general election, the supervisor shall
  842  submit to the department the geographical information system map
  843  of precinct boundaries created and maintained pursuant to s.
  844  101.001 for the applicable election.
  845         (2)(b)LEGISLATIVE REPORT.—
  846         (a)Specifications.After receipt of the information in
  847  paragraph (a), The department shall prepare an election summary
  848  compiled for a presidential preference primary election, special
  849  primary election, special election, primary election, or general
  850  election, as applicable, a report in an electronic format which
  851  contains the following information, separately compiled for the
  852  primary and general election for all voters qualified to vote in
  853  either election:
  854         1. The voting history information as transmitted under
  855  paragraph (1)(b) and the precinct boundaries as transmitted
  856  under paragraph (1)(c). unique identifier assigned to each
  857  qualified voter within the statewide voter registration system;
  858         2. All information provided by each qualified voter on his
  859  or her voter registration application pursuant to s. 97.052(2),
  860  except that which is confidential or exempt from public records
  861  requirements.;
  862         3. Each qualified voter’s date of registration.;
  863         4. Each qualified voter’s current state representative
  864  district, state senatorial district, and congressional district,
  865  county commission district, and school board district at the
  866  time of voting, assigned by the supervisor of elections;
  867         5.Each qualified voter’s current precinct; and
  868         6.Voting history as transmitted under paragraph (a) to
  869  include whether the qualified voter voted at a precinct
  870  location, voted during the early voting period, voted by vote
  871  by-mail ballot, attempted to vote by vote-by-mail ballot that
  872  was not counted, attempted to vote by provisional ballot that
  873  was not counted, or did not vote.
  874         (b)(c)Submission.Within 60 45 days after certification by
  875  the Elections Canvassing Commission certifies of a presidential
  876  preference primary, special election, primary election, or
  877  general election, the department shall submit send to the
  878  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
  879  Representatives, the Senate Minority Leader, and the House
  880  Minority Leader an election summary a report in electronic
  881  format that includes all information set forth in paragraph (a)
  882  (b).
  883         (d)File specifications are as follows:
  884         1.The file shall contain records designated by the
  885  categories below for all qualified voters who, regardless of the
  886  voter’s county of residence or active or inactive registration
  887  status at the book closing for the corresponding election that
  888  the file is being created for:
  889         a.Voted a regular ballot at a precinct location.
  890         b.Voted at a precinct location using a provisional ballot
  891  that was subsequently counted.
  892         c.Voted a regular ballot during the early voting period.
  893         d.Voted during the early voting period using a provisional
  894  ballot that was subsequently counted.
  895         e.Voted by vote-by-mail ballot.
  896         f.Attempted to vote by vote-by-mail ballot, but the ballot
  897  was not counted.
  898         g.Attempted to vote by provisional ballot, but the ballot
  899  was not counted in that election.
  900         2.Each file shall be created or converted into a tab
  901  delimited format.
  902         3.File names shall adhere to the following convention:
  903         a.Three-character county identifier as established by the
  904  department followed by an underscore.
  905         b.Followed by four-character file type identifier of
  906  “VHO3” followed by an underscore.
  907         c.Followed by FVRS election ID followed by an underscore.
  908         d.Followed by Date Created followed by an underscore.
  909         e.Date format is YYYYMMDD.
  910         f.Followed by Time Created - HHMMSS.
  911         g.Followed by “.txt”.
  912         4.Each record shall contain the following columns: Record
  913  Identifier, FVRS Voter ID Number, FVRS Election ID Number, Vote
  914  Date, Vote History Code, Precinct, Congressional District, House
  915  District, Senate District, County Commission District, and
  916  School Board District.
  917         (e)Each supervisor of elections shall reconcile, before
  918  submission, the aggregate total of ballots cast in each precinct
  919  as reported in the precinct-level election results to the
  920  aggregate total number of voters with voter history for the
  921  election for each district.
  922         (f)Each supervisor of elections shall submit the results
  923  of the data reconciliation as described in paragraph (e) to the
  924  department in an electronic format and give a written
  925  explanation for any precincts where the reconciliation as
  926  described in paragraph (e) results in a discrepancy between the
  927  voter history and the election results.
  928         (3)(2) PRECINCT-LEVEL ELECTION RESULTS.—
  929         (a)1. Within 10 business 30 days after certification by the
  930  Elections Canvassing Commission certifies of a presidential
  931  preference primary election, special election, special primary
  932  election, primary election, or general election, as applicable,
  933  the supervisors of elections shall collect and submit to the
  934  department precinct-level election results for the election in a
  935  uniform electronic format specified by paragraph (c). The
  936  precinct-level election results shall be compiled separately for
  937  the primary or special primary election that preceded the
  938  general or special general election, respectively. The results
  939  must shall specifically include for each precinct the total of
  940  all ballots cast for each candidate or nominee to fill a
  941  national, state, county, or district office or proposed
  942  constitutional amendment, with subtotals for each candidate and
  943  ballot type. When one or more ballot types, also known as
  944  counting groups, in a race or an issue have fewer than 30 voters
  945  voting on the ballot, the ballot type must be reported as zero
  946  except for the total votes counting group for that precinct.
  947  Ballot types or counting groups include election day, early
  948  voting, vote-by-mail, provisional voting, and total votes
  949  However, ballot type or precinct subtotals in a race or question
  950  having fewer than 30 voters voting on the ballot type or in the
  951  precinct may not be reported in precinct results. For purposes
  952  of this paragraph, the term “all ballots cast” means ballots
  953  cast by voters who cast a ballot, whether at a precinct
  954  location;, by vote-by-mail ballot, including overseas vote-by
  955  mail ballots;, during the early voting period;, or by
  956  provisional ballot.
  957         2.Upon request from the department, a supervisor must
  958  research and address, as appropriate, any questions or issues
  959  identified by the department pertaining to the precinct-level
  960  election results. If the information as originally submitted is
  961  changed or corrected, the supervisor must provide an amended
  962  precinct-level election results file no later than 10 business
  963  days after the request from the department.
  964         (b) The department shall make such information available
  965  online no later than 60 days after the Elections Canvassing
  966  Commission certifies the presidential preference primary
  967  election, special primary election, special election, primary
  968  election, or general election, as applicable. The website
  969  containing the information must include on a searchable,
  970  sortable, and downloadable database via its website that also
  971  includes the file layout and codes. The information must
  972  database shall be searchable and sortable by county, precinct,
  973  and candidate;. The must database shall be downloadable in a
  974  tab-delimited format; and must. The database shall be available
  975  for download county-by-county and also as a statewide file. Such
  976  report shall also be made available upon request.
  977         (c) The files containing the precinct-level election
  978  results must shall be created in accordance with the applicable
  979  file specification as set forth by rule. The rule must, at a
  980  minimum, provide that:
  981         1.The precinct-level results file shall be created or
  982  converted into a tab-delimited text file.
  983         2.The row immediately before the first data record shall
  984  contain the column names of the data elements that make up the
  985  data records. There shall be one header record followed by
  986  multiple data records.
  987         3. the data records shall include the following columns:
  988  County Name, Election Number, Election Date, Unique Precinct
  989  Identifier, Precinct Polling Location, Total Registered Voters,
  990  Total Registered Republicans, Total Registered Democrats, Total
  991  Registered All Other Parties, Contest Name,
  992  Candidate/Retention/Issue Name, Candidate Florida Voter
  993  Registration System ID Number, Division of Elections Unique
  994  Candidate Identifying Number, Candidate Party, District,
  995  Undervote Total, Overvote Total, Write-in Total, and Vote Total.
  996  For purposes of this paragraph, the term “unique precinct
  997  identifier” means an alphanumeric code representing the precinct
  998  name or number and containing no more than the maximum
  999  characters as specified by rule.
 1000         (4)(3) PRECINCT-LEVEL BOOK CLOSING STATISTICS.—No later
 1001  than 10 days after the date of book closing for but before the
 1002  date of an election as defined in s. 97.021 to fill a national,
 1003  state, county, or district office, or to vote on a proposed
 1004  constitutional amendment, the department shall compile and make
 1005  available the following precinct-level statistical data for each
 1006  county:
 1007         (a) Unique precinct identifier numbers. For purposes of
 1008  this subsection, the term “unique precinct identifier” means an
 1009  alphanumeric code representing the precinct name or number and
 1010  containing no more than the maximum characters as specified by
 1011  rule.
 1012         (b) Total number of active registered voters by party for
 1013  each precinct.
 1014         (5)(4) LIVE TURNOUT DATA.—On election day, each supervisor
 1015  of elections shall make live voter turnout data, updated at
 1016  least once per hour, available on his or her website. Each
 1017  supervisor shall transmit the live voter turnout data to the
 1018  division, which must create and maintain a real-time statewide
 1019  turnout dashboard that is available for viewing by the public on
 1020  the division’s website as the data becomes available.
 1021         (6)(5) REPORTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—The department shall
 1022  also make publicly available the reports and results required in
 1023  subsections (1)-(4) (1)-(3).
 1024         (7)(6) RULEMAKING.—The department shall adopt rules and
 1025  prescribe forms to carry out the purposes of this section.
 1026         Section 13. Effective upon becoming a law, present
 1027  paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 99.012, Florida
 1028  Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (c), a new paragraph (b)
 1029  is added to that subsection, and paragraph (c) is added to
 1030  subsection (7) of that section, to read:
 1031         99.012 Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public
 1032  office.—
 1033         (1) As used in this section:
 1034         (b) “Qualify” means to fulfill the requirements set forth
 1035  in s. 99.061(7)(a) or s. 105.031(5)(a).
 1036         (7) This section does not apply to:
 1037         (c)Persons seeking the office of President or Vice
 1038  President of the United States.
 1039         Section 14. The amendments made to s. 99.012, Florida
 1040  Statutes, by this act are intended to clarify existing law. Any
 1041  person seeking the office of President or Vice President of the
 1042  United States is not subject to the requirements of chapter 99,
 1043  Florida Statutes, which govern candidate qualifying,
 1044  specifically those which require the submission of certain
 1045  documents, full and public disclosures of financial interests,
 1046  petition signatures, or the payment of filing fees. This section
 1047  shall take effect upon this act becoming a law.
 1048         Section 15. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
 1049  99.021, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (e), and
 1050  a new paragraph (d) is added to that subsection, to read:
 1051         99.021 Form of candidate oath.—
 1052         (1)
 1053         (d)In addition, each candidate, whether a party candidate,
 1054  a candidate with no party affiliation, or a write-in candidate,
 1055  shall, at the time of subscribing to the oath or affirmation,
 1056  state in writing whether he or she owes any outstanding fines,
 1057  fees, or penalties that cumulatively exceed $250 for any
 1058  violations of s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution, the Code
 1059  of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees under part III of
 1060  chapter 112, any local ethics ordinance governing standards of
 1061  conduct and disclosure requirements, or chapter 106. If the
 1062  candidate owes any outstanding fines, fees, or penalties
 1063  exceeding the threshold amount specified in this paragraph, he
 1064  or she must also specify the amount owed and each entity that
 1065  levied such fine, fee, or penalty. For purposes of this
 1066  paragraph, any such fines, fees, or penalties that have been
 1067  paid in full at the time of subscribing to the oath or
 1068  affirmation are not deemed to be outstanding.
 1069         Section 16. Section 99.0215, Florida Statutes, is created
 1070  to read:
 1071         99.0215Name of candidate.—
 1072         (1)Each candidate shall designate in the oath or
 1073  affirmation specified in s. 99.021 the name that he or she
 1074  wishes to have printed on the ballot, or in the case of a write
 1075  in candidate, the name that he or she wishes to have voters
 1076  write in on the ballot when voting for him or her. Such
 1077  designation must include the candidate’s legal given name or
 1078  names, a shortened form of the candidate’s legal given name or
 1079  names, an initial or initials of the candidate’s legal given
 1080  name or names, or a bona fide nickname customarily related to
 1081  the candidate and by which the candidate is commonly known,
 1082  immediately followed by the candidate’s legal surname. If
 1083  applicable, a candidate may place one of the following
 1084  designations after the legal surname: “Sr.,” “Jr.,” or a
 1085  numerical designation such as “II.”
 1086         (2)If a candidate wishes to designate a nickname, the
 1087  candidate must file an affidavit that must be verified under
 1088  oath or affirmation pursuant to s. 92.525(1)(a), attesting that
 1089  the nickname complies with the requirements of this section. The
 1090  affidavit must be filed simultaneously with the oath or
 1091  affirmation specified in s. 99.021. Any nickname designated by a
 1092  candidate may not be used to mislead voters. A candidate may not
 1093  designate a nickname that implies the candidate is some other
 1094  person, that constitutes a political slogan or otherwise
 1095  associates the candidate with a cause or an issue, or that is
 1096  obscene or profane. For purposes of this subsection, the term
 1097  “political slogan” means any word or words expressing or
 1098  connoting a position, an opinion, or a belief that the candidate
 1099  may espouse, including, but not limited to, any word or words
 1100  conveying any meaning other than that of the general identity of
 1101  the candidate.
 1102         (3)Unless a candidate has the same name as, or a name
 1103  similar to, one or more candidates for the same office, an
 1104  educational or professional title or degree may not be added to
 1105  his or her name designation.
 1106         Section 17. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 99.097,
 1107  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1108         99.097 Verification of signatures on petitions.—
 1109         (4)(a) The supervisor must shall be paid in advance the sum
 1110  of 10 cents for each signature checked or the actual cost of
 1111  checking such signature, whichever is less, by the candidate or,
 1112  in the case of a petition to have a local an issue placed on the
 1113  ballot, by the person or organization submitting the petition.
 1114  In the case of a petition to place a statewide issue on the
 1115  ballot, the person or organization submitting the petition must
 1116  pay the supervisor in advance the cost posted by the supervisor
 1117  pursuant to s. 100.371(11) for the actual cost of checking
 1118  signatures to place a statewide issue on the ballot.
 1119         (b) However, if a candidate, a person, or an organization
 1120  seeking to have an issue placed upon the ballot cannot pay such
 1121  charges without imposing an undue burden on personal resources
 1122  or upon the resources otherwise available to such candidate,
 1123  person, or organization, such candidate, person, or organization
 1124  shall, upon written certification of such inability given under
 1125  oath to the supervisor, is be entitled to have the signatures
 1126  verified at no charge.
 1127         (c) In the event a candidate, person, or organization
 1128  submitting a petition to have an issue placed upon the ballot is
 1129  entitled to have the signatures verified at no charge, the
 1130  supervisor of elections of each county in which the signatures
 1131  are verified at no charge shall submit the total number of such
 1132  signatures checked in the county to the Chief Financial Officer
 1133  no later than December 1 of the general election year, and the
 1134  Chief Financial Officer shall cause such supervisor of elections
 1135  to be reimbursed from the General Revenue Fund in an amount
 1136  equal to 10 cents or the actual cost for each name checked or
 1137  the actual cost of checking such signatures, whichever is
 1138  applicable as set forth in paragraph (a) less. In no event may
 1139  shall such reimbursement of costs be deemed or applied as extra
 1140  compensation for the supervisor.
 1141         (d) Petitions must shall be retained by the supervisors for
 1142  a period of 1 year following the election for which the
 1143  petitions were circulated.
 1144         (5) The results of a verification pursuant to subparagraph
 1145  (1)(a)2. may be contested in the circuit court by the candidate;
 1146  an announced opponent; a representative of a designated
 1147  political committee; or a person, party, or other organization
 1148  submitting the petition. The contestant must shall file a
 1149  complaint, together with the fees prescribed in chapter 28, with
 1150  the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the
 1151  petition is certified or in Leon County if the petition covers
 1152  more than one county within 10 days after midnight of the date
 1153  the petition is certified; and the complaint must shall set
 1154  forth the grounds on which the contestant intends to establish
 1155  his or her right to require a complete check of the petition
 1156  pursuant to subparagraph (1)(a)1. In the event the court orders
 1157  a complete check of the petition and the result is not changed
 1158  as to the success or lack of success of the petitioner in
 1159  obtaining the requisite number of valid signatures, then such
 1160  candidate, unless the candidate has filed the oath stating that
 1161  he or she is unable to pay such charges; announced opponent;
 1162  representative of a designated political committee; or party,
 1163  person, or organization submitting the petition, unless such
 1164  person or organization has filed the oath stating inability to
 1165  pay such charges, shall pay to the supervisor of elections of
 1166  each affected county for the complete check an amount calculated
 1167  at the rate of 10 cents for each additional signature checked or
 1168  the actual cost of checking such additional signatures, as
 1169  applicable whichever is less.
 1170         Section 18. Section 100.021, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1171  to read:
 1172         100.021 Notice of general election.—The Department of State
 1173  shall, in any year in which a general election is held, make out
 1174  a notice stating what offices and vacancies are to be filled at
 1175  the general election in the state, and in each county and
 1176  district thereof. During the 30 days before prior to the
 1177  beginning of qualifying, the department of State shall have the
 1178  notice published two times in a newspaper of general circulation
 1179  in each county; and, in counties in which there is no newspaper
 1180  of general circulation, it shall send to the sheriff a notice of
 1181  the offices and vacancies to be filled at such general election
 1182  by the qualified voters of the sheriff’s county or any district
 1183  thereof, and the sheriff shall have at least five copies of the
 1184  notice posted in conspicuous places in the county. Notice may be
 1185  provided alternatively by publishing notice on the division’s
 1186  website, on the county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311, or
 1187  on the supervisor’s website, as deemed appropriate by the
 1188  supervisor.
 1189         Section 19. Subsection (3) of section 100.141, Florida
 1190  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1191         100.141 Notice of special election to fill any vacancy in
 1192  office.—
 1193         (3) The department shall deliver a copy of such notice to
 1194  the supervisor of elections of each county in which the special
 1195  election is to be held. The supervisor shall have the notice
 1196  published two times in a newspaper of general circulation in the
 1197  county at least 10 days before prior to the first day set for
 1198  qualifying for office or, for at least 10 days before the first
 1199  day set for qualifying for office, publish notice on the
 1200  county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311 or on the
 1201  supervisor’s website. If such a newspaper is not published
 1202  within the period set forth, the supervisor shall post at least
 1203  five copies of the notice in conspicuous places in the county
 1204  not less than 10 days prior to the first date set for
 1205  qualifying.
 1206         Section 20. Section 100.342, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1207  to read:
 1208         100.342 Notice of special election or referendum.—In any
 1209  special election or referendum not otherwise provided for, there
 1210  must shall be at least 30 days’ notice of the election or
 1211  referendum by publication in a newspaper of general circulation
 1212  in the county, district, or municipality, or publication on the
 1213  county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311, the municipality’s
 1214  website, or the supervisor’s website, as applicable as the case
 1215  may be. The publication must shall be made at least twice, once
 1216  in the fifth week and once in the third week before prior to the
 1217  week in which the election or referendum is to be held. If the
 1218  applicable website becomes unavailable or there is no newspaper
 1219  of general circulation in the county, district, or municipality,
 1220  the notice must shall be posted in no less than five places
 1221  within the territorial limits of the county, district, or
 1222  municipality.
 1223         Section 21. Subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection
 1224  (4) of section 101.001, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1225         101.001 Precincts and polling places; boundaries.—
 1226         (3)(a) Each supervisor of elections shall maintain a
 1227  geographical information system suitable map drawn to a scale no
 1228  smaller than 3 miles to the inch and clearly delineating all
 1229  major observable features such as roads, streams, and railway
 1230  lines and showing the current geographical boundaries of each
 1231  precinct, representative district, and senatorial district, and
 1232  other type of district in the county subject to the elections
 1233  process in this code. A supervisor may coordinate with other
 1234  governmental entities to comply with this subsection.
 1235         (b)The supervisor shall provide to the department data on
 1236  all precincts in the county associated with the most recent
 1237  decennial census blocks within each precinct.
 1238         (c)The department shall maintain a searchable database
 1239  that contains the precincts and the corresponding most recent
 1240  decennial census blocks within the precincts for each county,
 1241  including a historical file that allows the census blocks to be
 1242  traced through the prior decade.
 1243         (b)(d) The supervisor of elections shall notify the
 1244  Secretary of State in writing within 10 days after any
 1245  reorganization of precincts and shall furnish a copy of the
 1246  geographical information system compatible map showing the
 1247  current geographical boundaries and designation of each new
 1248  precinct. However, if precincts are composed of whole census
 1249  blocks, the supervisor may furnish, in lieu of a copy of the
 1250  map, a list, in an electronic format prescribed by the
 1251  Department of State, associating each census block in the county
 1252  with its precinct.
 1253         (c)(e) Any precinct established or altered under the
 1254  provisions of this section must shall consist of areas bounded
 1255  on all sides only by census block boundaries from the most
 1256  recent United States Census. If the census block boundaries
 1257  split or conflict with a municipal or other political
 1258  subdivision another political boundary listed below, the
 1259  boundary listed below may be used as a precinct boundary:
 1260         1. Governmental unit boundaries reported in the most recent
 1261  Boundary and Annexation Survey published by the United States
 1262  Census Bureau; or
 1263         2.Visible features that are readily distinguishable upon
 1264  the ground, such as streets, railroads, tracks, streams, and
 1265  lakes, and that are indicated upon current census maps, official
 1266  Department of Transportation maps, official municipal maps,
 1267  official county maps, or a combination of such maps;
 1268         3.Boundaries of public parks, public school grounds, or
 1269  churches; or
 1270         2.4. Boundaries of counties, incorporated municipalities,
 1271  or other political subdivisions that meet criteria established
 1272  by the United States Census Bureau for block boundaries.
 1273         (4)(a) Within 10 days after there is any change in the
 1274  division, name, number, or boundaries of the precincts, or the
 1275  location of the polling places, the supervisor of elections
 1276  shall make in writing an accurate description of any new or
 1277  altered precincts, setting forth the boundary lines and shall
 1278  identify the location of each new or altered polling place. A
 1279  copy of the document describing such changes must shall be
 1280  posted at the supervisor’s office.
 1281         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 101.048, Florida
 1282  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1283         101.048 Provisional ballots.—
 1284         (1) At all elections, a voter claiming to be properly
 1285  registered in the state and eligible to vote at the precinct in
 1286  the election but whose eligibility cannot be determined, a
 1287  person whom an election official asserts is not eligible,
 1288  including, but not limited to, a person to whom notice has been
 1289  sent pursuant to s. 98.075(7), but for whom a final
 1290  determination of eligibility has not been made, and other
 1291  persons specified in the code shall be entitled to vote a
 1292  provisional ballot. Once voted, the provisional ballot must
 1293  shall be placed in a secrecy envelope and thereafter sealed in a
 1294  provisional ballot envelope. The provisional ballot must shall
 1295  be deposited in a ballot box. All provisional ballots must shall
 1296  remain sealed in their envelopes for return to the supervisor of
 1297  elections. The department shall prescribe the form of the
 1298  provisional ballot envelope. A person casting a provisional
 1299  ballot has shall have the right to present written evidence
 1300  supporting his or her eligibility to vote to the supervisor of
 1301  elections by not later than 5 p.m. on the second day following
 1302  the election.
 1303         Section 23. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
 1304  101.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1305         101.151 Specifications for ballots.—
 1306         (4)
 1307         (b) When two or more candidates running for the same office
 1308  on an a primary election ballot have the same or a similar
 1309  surname, the word “incumbent” must shall appear next to the
 1310  incumbent’s name.
 1311         Section 24. Subsection (2) of section 101.5612, Florida
 1312  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1313         101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment.—
 1314         (2) On any day not more than 25 days before the
 1315  commencement of early voting as provided in s. 101.657, the
 1316  supervisor of elections shall have the automatic tabulating
 1317  equipment publicly tested to ascertain that the equipment will
 1318  correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all
 1319  measures. If the ballots to be used at the polling place on
 1320  election day are not available at the time of the testing, the
 1321  supervisor may conduct an additional test not more than 10 days
 1322  before election day. Public notice of the time and place of the
 1323  test shall be given at least 48 hours prior thereto by
 1324  publication on the county website as provided in s. 50.0311, on
 1325  the supervisor of elections’ website, or and once in one or more
 1326  newspapers of general circulation in the county. If the
 1327  applicable website becomes unavailable or, if there is no
 1328  newspaper of general circulation in the county, by posting the
 1329  notice must be posted in at least four conspicuous places in the
 1330  county. The supervisor or the municipal elections official may,
 1331  at the time of qualifying, give written notice of the time and
 1332  location of the public preelection test to each candidate
 1333  qualifying with that office and obtain a signed receipt that the
 1334  notice has been given. The Department of State shall give
 1335  written notice to each statewide candidate at the time of
 1336  qualifying, or immediately at the end of qualifying, that the
 1337  voting equipment will be tested and advise each candidate to
 1338  contact the county supervisor of elections as to the time and
 1339  location of the public preelection test. The supervisor or the
 1340  municipal elections official shall, at least 30 days before the
 1341  commencement of early voting as provided in s. 101.657, send
 1342  written notice by certified mail to the county party chair of
 1343  each political party and to all candidates for other than
 1344  statewide office whose names appear on the ballot in the county
 1345  and who did not receive written notification from the supervisor
 1346  or municipal elections official at the time of qualifying,
 1347  stating the time and location of the public preelection test of
 1348  the automatic tabulating equipment. The canvassing board shall
 1349  convene, and each member of the canvassing board shall certify
 1350  to the accuracy of the test. For the test, the canvassing board
 1351  may designate one member to represent it. The test shall be open
 1352  to representatives of the political parties, the press, and the
 1353  public. Each political party may designate one person with
 1354  expertise in the computer field who shall be allowed in the
 1355  central counting room when all tests are being conducted and
 1356  when the official votes are being counted. The designee may
 1357  shall not interfere with the normal operation of the canvassing
 1358  board.
 1359         Section 25. Subsection (1) of section 101.6103, Florida
 1360  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1361         101.6103 Mail ballot election procedure.—
 1362         (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), the
 1363  supervisor of elections shall mail all official ballots with a
 1364  secrecy envelope, a return mailing envelope, and instructions
 1365  sufficient to describe the voting process to each elector
 1366  entitled to vote in the election within the timeframes specified
 1367  in s. 101.62(3) s. 101.62(4). All such ballots must shall be
 1368  mailed by first-class mail. Ballots must shall be addressed to
 1369  each elector at the address appearing in the registration
 1370  records and placed in an envelope which is prominently marked
 1371  “Do Not Forward.”
 1372         Section 26. Section 101.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1373  read:
 1374         101.62 Request for vote-by-mail ballots.—
 1375         (1) REQUEST.—
 1376         (a) The supervisor shall accept a request for a vote-by
 1377  mail ballot only from a voter or, if directly instructed by the
 1378  voter, a member of the voter’s immediate family or the voter’s
 1379  legal guardian from an elector in person or in writing. A
 1380  request may be made in person, in writing, by telephone, or
 1381  through the supervisor’s website. The department shall prescribe
 1382  by rule by October 1, 2023, a uniform statewide application to
 1383  make a written request for a vote-by-mail ballot which includes
 1384  fields for all information required in this subsection. One
 1385  request is deemed sufficient to receive a vote-by-mail ballot
 1386  for all elections through the end of the calendar year of the
 1387  next regularly scheduled general election, unless the voter
 1388  elector or the voter’s elector’s designee indicates at the time
 1389  the request is made the elections within such period for which
 1390  the voter elector desires to receive a vote-by-mail ballot. The
 1391  supervisor must cancel a request for a vote-by-mail ballot Such
 1392  request may be considered canceled when any first-class mail or
 1393  nonforwardable mail sent by the supervisor to the voter elector
 1394  is returned as undeliverable. If the voter requests a vote-by
 1395  mail ballot thereafter, the voter must provide or confirm his or
 1396  her current residential address.
 1397         (b) The supervisor may accept a written, an in-person, or a
 1398  telephonic request for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to a
 1399  voter’s an elector’s address on file in the Florida Voter
 1400  Registration System from the voter elector, or, if directly
 1401  instructed by the voter elector, a member of the voter’s
 1402  elector’s immediate family, or the voter’s elector’s legal
 1403  guardian. If an in-person or a telephonic request is made, the
 1404  voter elector must provide the voter’s elector’s Florida driver
 1405  license number, the voter’s elector’s Florida identification
 1406  card number, or the last four digits of the voter’s elector’s
 1407  social security number, whichever may be verified in the
 1408  supervisor’s records. If the ballot is requested to be mailed to
 1409  an address other than the voter’s elector’s address on file in
 1410  the Florida Voter Registration System, the request must be made
 1411  in writing. A written request must be signed by the voter
 1412  elector and include the voter’s elector’s Florida driver license
 1413  number, the voter’s elector’s Florida identification card
 1414  number, or the last four digits of the voter’s elector’s social
 1415  security number. However, an absent uniformed services service
 1416  voter or an overseas voter seeking a vote-by-mail ballot is not
 1417  required to submit a signed, written request for a vote-by-mail
 1418  ballot that is being mailed to an address other than the voter’s
 1419  elector’s address on file in the Florida Voter Registration
 1420  System. For purposes of this section, the term “immediate
 1421  family” has the same meaning as specified in paragraph (4)(c).
 1422  The person making the request must disclose:
 1423         1. The name of the voter elector for whom the ballot is
 1424  requested.
 1425         2. The voter’s elector’s address.
 1426         3. The voter’s elector’s date of birth.
 1427         4. The voter’s elector’s Florida driver license number, the
 1428  voter’s elector’s Florida identification card number, or the
 1429  last four digits of the voter’s elector’s social security
 1430  number, whichever may be verified in the supervisor’s records.
 1431  If the voter’s registration record does not already include the
 1432  voter’s Florida driver license number or Florida identification
 1433  card number or the last four digits of the voter’s social
 1434  security number, the number provided must be recorded in the
 1435  voter’s registration record.
 1436         5. The requester’s name.
 1437         6. The requester’s address.
 1438         7. The requester’s driver license number, the requester’s
 1439  identification card number, or the last four digits of the
 1440  requester’s social security number, if available.
 1441         8. The requester’s relationship to the voter elector.
 1442         9. The requester’s signature (written requests only).
 1443         (c) Upon receiving a request for a vote-by-mail ballot from
 1444  an absent voter, the supervisor of elections shall notify the
 1445  voter of the free access system that has been designated by the
 1446  department for determining the status of his or her vote-by-mail
 1447  ballot.
 1448         (d)For purposes of this section, the term “immediate
 1449  family” refers to the following, as applicable:
 1450         1.The voter’s spouse, parent, child, grandparent,
 1451  grandchild, or sibling, or the parent, child, grandparent,
 1452  grandchild, or sibling of the voter’s spouse.
 1453         2.The designee’s spouse, parent, child, grandparent,
 1454  grandchild, or sibling, or the parent, child, grandparent,
 1455  grandchild, or sibling of the designee’s spouse.
 1456         (2)A request for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to a
 1457  voter must be received no later than 5 p.m. on the 10th day
 1458  before the election by the supervisor. The supervisor shall mail
 1459  vote-by-mail ballots to voters requesting ballots by such
 1460  deadline no later than 8 days before the election.
 1461         (2)(3)ACCESS TO VOTE-BY-MAIL REQUEST INFORMATION.—For each
 1462  request for a vote-by-mail ballot received, the supervisor shall
 1463  record the following information: the date the request was made;
 1464  the identity of the voter’s designee making the request, if any;
 1465  the Florida driver license number, Florida identification card
 1466  number, or last four digits of the social security number of the
 1467  voter elector provided with a written request; the date the
 1468  vote-by-mail ballot was delivered to the voter or the voter’s
 1469  designee or the date the vote-by-mail ballot was delivered to
 1470  the post office or other carrier; the address to which the
 1471  ballot was mailed or the identity of the voter’s designee to
 1472  whom the ballot was delivered; the date the ballot was received
 1473  by the supervisor; the absence of the voter’s signature on the
 1474  voter’s certificate, if applicable; whether the voter’s
 1475  certificate contains a signature that does not match the voter’s
 1476  elector’s signature in the registration books or precinct
 1477  register; and such other information he or she may deem
 1478  necessary. This information must shall be provided in electronic
 1479  format as provided by division rule. The information must shall
 1480  be updated and made available no later than 8 a.m. of each day,
 1481  including weekends, beginning 60 days before the primary until
 1482  15 days after the general election and shall be
 1483  contemporaneously provided to the division. This information is
 1484  shall be confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and shall be
 1485  made available to or reproduced only for the voter requesting
 1486  the ballot, a canvassing board, an election official, a
 1487  political party or official thereof, a candidate who has filed
 1488  qualification papers and is opposed in an upcoming election, and
 1489  registered political committees for political purposes only.
 1490         (3)(4)DELIVERY OF VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS.—
 1491         (a) No later than 45 days before each presidential
 1492  preference primary election, primary election, and general
 1493  election, the supervisor of elections shall send a vote-by-mail
 1494  ballot as provided in subparagraph (d)2. (c)2. to each absent
 1495  uniformed services voter and to each overseas voter who has
 1496  requested a vote-by-mail ballot.
 1497         (b) The supervisor shall mail a vote-by-mail ballot to each
 1498  absent qualified voter, other than those listed in paragraph
 1499  (a), who has requested such a ballot, between the 40th and 33rd
 1500  days before the presidential preference primary election,
 1501  primary election, and general election.
 1502         (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) or
 1503  paragraph (b) subsection (2) and after the period described in
 1504  this paragraph, the supervisor shall mail vote-by-mail ballots
 1505  within 2 business days after receiving a request for such a
 1506  ballot, but no later than the 10th day before election day. The
 1507  deadline to submit a request for a ballot to be mailed is 5 p.m.
 1508  local time on the 12th day before an upcoming election.
 1509         (d)(c)Upon a request for a vote-by-mail ballot, the
 1510  supervisor shall provide a vote-by-mail ballot to each voter
 1511  elector by whom a request for that ballot has been made, by one
 1512  of the following means:
 1513         1. By nonforwardable, return-if-undeliverable mail to the
 1514  voter’s elector’s current mailing address on file with the
 1515  supervisor or any other address the voter elector specifies in
 1516  the request. The envelopes must be prominently marked “Do Not
 1517  Forward.”
 1518         2. By forwardable mail, e-mail, or facsimile machine
 1519  transmission to absent uniformed services voters and overseas
 1520  voters. The absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter
 1521  may designate in the vote-by-mail ballot request the preferred
 1522  method of transmission. If the voter does not designate the
 1523  method of transmission, the vote-by-mail ballot must shall be
 1524  mailed.
 1525         3. By personal delivery before 7 p.m. on election day to
 1526  the voter after vote-by-mail ballots have been mailed and up to
 1527  7 p.m. on election day elector, upon presentation of the
 1528  identification required in s. 101.043.
 1529         4. By delivery to the voter’s a designee after vote-by-mail
 1530  ballots have been mailed and up to 7 p.m. on election day or up
 1531  to 9 days before the day of an election. Any voter elector may
 1532  designate in writing a person to pick up the ballot for the
 1533  voter elector; however, the person designated may not pick up
 1534  more than two vote-by-mail ballots per election, other than the
 1535  designee’s own ballot, except that additional ballots may be
 1536  picked up for members of the designee’s immediate family. For
 1537  purposes of this section, “immediate family” means the
 1538  designee’s spouse or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild,
 1539  or sibling of the designee or of the designee’s spouse. The
 1540  designee shall provide to the supervisor the written
 1541  authorization by the voter elector and a picture identification
 1542  of the designee and must complete an affidavit. The designee
 1543  shall state in the affidavit that the designee is authorized by
 1544  the voter elector to pick up that ballot and shall indicate if
 1545  the voter elector is a member of the designee’s immediate family
 1546  and, if so, the relationship. The department shall prescribe the
 1547  form of the affidavit. If the supervisor is satisfied that the
 1548  designee is authorized to pick up the ballot and that the
 1549  signature of the voter elector on the written authorization
 1550  matches the signature of the voter elector on file, the
 1551  supervisor must shall give the ballot to that designee for
 1552  delivery to the voter elector.
 1553         5. Except as provided in s. 101.655, the supervisor may not
 1554  deliver a vote-by-mail ballot to a voter an elector or a voter’s
 1555  designee pursuant to subparagraph 3. or subparagraph 4.,
 1556  respectively, during the mandatory early voting period and up to
 1557  7 p.m. on election day, an elector’s immediate family member on
 1558  the day of the election unless there is an emergency, to the
 1559  extent that the voter elector will be unable to go to a
 1560  designated early voting site in his or her county or to his or
 1561  her assigned polling place on election day. If a vote-by-mail
 1562  ballot is delivered, the voter elector or his or her designee
 1563  must shall execute an affidavit affirming to the facts which
 1564  allow for delivery of the vote-by-mail ballot. The department
 1565  shall adopt a rule providing for the form of the affidavit.
 1566         (4)(5)SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—If the department is unable
 1567  to certify candidates for an election in time to comply with
 1568  paragraph (3)(a) (4)(a), the Department of State is authorized
 1569  to prescribe rules for a ballot to be sent to absent uniformed
 1570  services voters and overseas voters.
 1571         (5)(6)MATERIALS.—Only the materials necessary to vote by
 1572  mail may be mailed or delivered with any vote-by-mail ballot.
 1573         (6)(7)PROHIBITION.—Except as expressly authorized for
 1574  voters having a disability under s. 101.662, for overseas voters
 1575  under s. 101.697, or for local referenda under ss. 101.6102 and
 1576  101.6103, a county, municipality, or state agency may not send a
 1577  vote-by-mail ballot to a voter unless the voter has requested a
 1578  vote-by-mail ballot in the manner authorized under this section.
 1579         Section 27. Subsection (1) of section 101.67, Florida
 1580  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1581         101.67 Safekeeping of mailed ballots; deadline for
 1582  receiving vote-by-mail ballots.—
 1583         (1)(a) The supervisor of elections shall safely keep in his
 1584  or her office any envelopes received containing marked ballots
 1585  of absent electors, and he or she shall, before the canvassing
 1586  of the election returns, deliver the envelopes to the county
 1587  canvassing board along with his or her file or list kept
 1588  regarding said ballots.
 1589         (b)To the extent practicable, the supervisor of elections
 1590  shall segregate any vote-by-mail ballots received from a person
 1591  to whom notice has been sent pursuant to s. 98.075(7), but for
 1592  whom a final determination of eligibility has not been made, and
 1593  shall treat them as provisional ballots for individual review by
 1594  the county canvassing board. The supervisor shall attempt to
 1595  contact each voter whose ballot has been set aside under this
 1596  paragraph in the same manner as if the voter had voted a
 1597  provisional ballot under s. 101.048.
 1598         Section 28. Subsection (1) of section 101.68, Florida
 1599  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1600         101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.—
 1601         (1)(a) The supervisor of the county where the absent
 1602  elector resides shall receive the voted ballot, at which time
 1603  the supervisor shall compare the signature of the elector on the
 1604  voter’s certificate with the signature of the elector in the
 1605  registration books or the precinct register to determine whether
 1606  the elector is duly registered in the county and must record on
 1607  the elector’s registration record that the elector has voted.
 1608  During the signature comparison process, the supervisor may not
 1609  use any knowledge of the political affiliation of the elector
 1610  voter whose signature is subject to verification.
 1611         (b) An elector who dies after casting a vote-by-mail ballot
 1612  but on or before election day shall remain listed in the
 1613  registration books until the results have been certified for the
 1614  election in which the ballot was cast. The supervisor shall
 1615  safely keep the ballot unopened in his or her office until the
 1616  county canvassing board canvasses the vote pursuant to
 1617  subsection (2).
 1618         (c)If two or more vote-by-mail ballots for the same
 1619  election are returned in one mailing envelope, the ballots may
 1620  not be counted.
 1621         (d) Except as provided in subsection (4), after a vote-by
 1622  mail ballot is received by the supervisor, the ballot is deemed
 1623  to have been cast, and changes or additions may not be made to
 1624  the voter’s certificate.
 1625         Section 29. Section 101.6923, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1626  to read:
 1627         101.6923 Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for
 1628  certain first-time voters.—
 1629         (1) This section applies The provisions of this section
 1630  apply to voters who are subject to the provisions of s. 97.0535
 1631  and who have not provided the identification or information
 1632  required by s. 97.0535 by the time the vote-by-mail ballot is
 1633  mailed.
 1634         (2) A voter covered by this section must shall be provided
 1635  with printed instructions with his or her vote-by-mail ballot in
 1636  substantially the following form:
 1637  
 1638         READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE MARKING YOUR
 1639         BALLOT. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CAUSE
 1640         YOUR BALLOT NOT TO COUNT.
 1641  
 1642         1. In order to ensure that your vote-by-mail ballot will be
 1643  counted, it should be completed and returned as soon as possible
 1644  so that it can reach the supervisor of elections of the county
 1645  in which your precinct is located no later than 7 p.m. on the
 1646  date of the election. However, if you are an overseas voter
 1647  casting a ballot in a presidential preference primary or general
 1648  election, your vote-by-mail ballot must be postmarked or dated
 1649  no later than the date of the election and received by the
 1650  supervisor of elections of the county in which you are
 1651  registered to vote no later than 10 days after the date of the
 1652  election. Note that the later you return your ballot, the less
 1653  time you will have to cure signature deficiencies, which is
 1654  authorized until 5 p.m. local time on the 2nd day after the
 1655  election.
 1656         2. Mark your ballot in secret as instructed on the ballot.
 1657  You must mark your own ballot unless you are unable to do so
 1658  because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write.
 1659         3. Mark only the number of candidates or issue choices for
 1660  a race as indicated on the ballot. If you are allowed to “Vote
 1661  for One” candidate and you vote for more than one, your vote in
 1662  that race will not be counted.
 1663         4. Place your marked ballot in the enclosed secrecy
 1664  envelope and seal the envelope.
 1665         5. Insert the secrecy envelope into the enclosed envelope
 1666  bearing the Voter’s Certificate. Seal the envelope and
 1667  completely fill out the Voter’s Certificate on the back of the
 1668  envelope.
 1669         a. You must sign your name on the line above (Voter’s
 1670  Signature).
 1671         b. If you are an overseas voter, you must include the date
 1672  you signed the Voter’s Certificate on the line above (Date) or
 1673  your ballot may not be counted.
 1674         c. A vote-by-mail ballot will be considered illegal and
 1675  will not be counted if the signature on the Voter’s Certificate
 1676  does not match the signature on record. The signature on file at
 1677  the start of the canvass of the vote-by-mail ballots is the
 1678  signature that will be used to verify your signature on the
 1679  Voter’s Certificate. If you need to update your signature for
 1680  this election, send your signature update on a voter
 1681  registration application to your supervisor of elections so that
 1682  it is received before your vote-by-mail ballot is received.
 1683         6. Unless you meet one of the exemptions in Item 7., you
 1684  must make a copy of one of the following forms of
 1685  identification:
 1686         a. Identification which must include your name and
 1687  photograph: United States passport; debit or credit card;
 1688  military identification; student identification; retirement
 1689  center identification; neighborhood association identification;
 1690  public assistance identification; veteran health identification
 1691  card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
 1692  a Florida license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm; or an
 1693  employee identification card issued by any branch, department,
 1694  agency, or entity of the Federal Government, the state, a
 1695  county, or a municipality; or
 1696         b. Identification which shows your name and current
 1697  residence address: current utility bill, bank statement,
 1698  government check, paycheck, or government document (excluding
 1699  voter information card).
 1700         7. The identification requirements of Item 6. do not apply
 1701  if you meet one of the following requirements:
 1702         a. You are 65 years of age or older.
 1703         b. You have a temporary or permanent physical disability.
 1704         c. You are a member of a uniformed service on active duty
 1705  who, by reason of such active duty, will be absent from the
 1706  county on election day.
 1707         d. You are a member of the Merchant Marine who, by reason
 1708  of service in the Merchant Marine, will be absent from the
 1709  county on election day.
 1710         e. You are the spouse or dependent of a member referred to
 1711  in paragraph c. or paragraph d. who, by reason of the active
 1712  duty or service of the member, will be absent from the county on
 1713  election day.
 1714         f. You are currently residing outside the United States.
 1715         8. Place the envelope bearing the Voter’s Certificate into
 1716  the mailing envelope addressed to the supervisor. Insert a copy
 1717  of your identification in the mailing envelope. DO NOT PUT YOUR
 1718  IDENTIFICATION INSIDE THE SECRECY ENVELOPE WITH THE BALLOT OR
 1719  INSIDE THE ENVELOPE WHICH BEARS THE VOTER’S CERTIFICATE OR YOUR
 1720  BALLOT WILL NOT COUNT.
 1721         9. Mail, deliver, or have delivered the completed mailing
 1722  envelope. Be sure there is sufficient postage if mailed.
 1723         10. FELONY NOTICE. It is a felony under Florida law to
 1724  accept any gift, payment, or gratuity in exchange for your vote
 1725  for a candidate. It is also a felony under Florida law to vote
 1726  in an election using a false identity or false address, or under
 1727  any other circumstances making your ballot false or fraudulent.
 1728         Section 30. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 101.6925,
 1729  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1730         101.6925 Canvassing special vote-by-mail ballots.—
 1731         (1) The supervisor of the county where the voter absent
 1732  elector resides shall receive the voted special vote-by-mail
 1733  ballot, at which time the mailing envelope must shall be opened
 1734  to determine if the voter has enclosed the identification
 1735  required or has indicated on the Voter’s Certificate that he or
 1736  she is exempt from the identification requirements.
 1737         (3) If the identification is not enclosed in the mailing
 1738  envelope and the voter has not indicated that he or she is
 1739  exempt from the identification requirements, the supervisor must
 1740  shall check the voter registration records to determine if the
 1741  voter’s identification was previously received or the voter had
 1742  previously notified the supervisor that he or she was exempt.
 1743  The envelope with the Voter’s Certificate may shall not be
 1744  opened unless the identification has been received or the voter
 1745  has indicated that he or she is exempt. The ballot must shall be
 1746  treated as a provisional ballot and may until 7 p.m. on election
 1747  day and shall not be canvassed unless the supervisor has
 1748  received the required identification or written indication of
 1749  exemption by 5 7 p.m. local time on the 2nd day following the on
 1750  election day.
 1751         Section 31. Subsection (1) of section 101.694, Florida
 1752  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1753         101.694 Mailing of ballots upon receipt of federal postcard
 1754  application.—
 1755         (1) Upon receipt of a federal postcard application for a
 1756  vote-by-mail ballot executed by a person whose registration is
 1757  in order or whose application is sufficient to register or
 1758  update the registration of that person, the supervisor shall
 1759  send the ballot in accordance with s. 101.62(3) s. 101.62(4).
 1760         Section 32. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 101.71,
 1761  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1762         101.71 Polling place.—
 1763         (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1),
 1764  whenever the supervisor of elections of any county determines
 1765  that the accommodations for holding any election at a polling
 1766  place designated for any precinct in the county are unavailable,
 1767  are inadequate for the expeditious and efficient housing and
 1768  handling of voting and voting paraphernalia, or do not comply
 1769  with the requirements of s. 101.715, the supervisor shall, not
 1770  less than 30 days before prior to the holding of an election,
 1771  provide for the voting place for such precinct to be moved to
 1772  another site that is accessible to the public on election day in
 1773  said precinct or, if such is not available, to another site that
 1774  is accessible to the public on election day in a contiguous
 1775  precinct. If such action of the supervisor results in the voting
 1776  place for two or more precincts being located for the purposes
 1777  of an election in one building, the supervisor of elections
 1778  shall provide adequate supplies, equipment, and personnel are
 1779  available to accommodate the voters for the precincts that are
 1780  collocated. When any supervisor moves any polling place pursuant
 1781  to this subsection, the supervisor shall, not more than 30 days
 1782  or fewer than 7 days before prior to the holding of an election,
 1783  give notice of the change of the polling place for the precinct
 1784  involved, with clear description of the voting place to which
 1785  changed, by publication on the county’s website as provided in
 1786  s. 50.0311, on the supervisor’s website, or at least once in a
 1787  newspaper of general circulation in the county and on the
 1788  supervisor of elections’ website. A notice of the change of the
 1789  polling place involved shall be mailed, at least 14 days before
 1790  prior to an election, to each registered elector or to each
 1791  household in which there is a registered elector.
 1792         (5) Public, tax-supported buildings must shall be made
 1793  available for use as polling places, or early voting locations
 1794  that meet the requirements specified in s. 101.657, upon the
 1795  request of the supervisor of elections.
 1796         Section 33. Subsection (2) of section 101.733, Florida
 1797  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1798         101.733 Election emergency; purpose; elections emergency
 1799  contingency plan.—Because of the existing and continuing
 1800  possibility of an emergency or common disaster occurring before
 1801  or during a regularly scheduled or special election, and in
 1802  order to ensure maximum citizen participation in the electoral
 1803  process and provide a safe and orderly procedure for persons
 1804  seeking to exercise their right to vote, generally to minimize
 1805  to whatever degree possible a person’s exposure to danger during
 1806  declared states of emergency, and to protect the integrity of
 1807  the electoral process, it is hereby found and declared to be
 1808  necessary to designate a procedure for the emergency suspension
 1809  or delay and rescheduling of elections.
 1810         (2) The Governor, upon consultation with the Secretary of
 1811  State, shall reschedule any election suspended or delayed due to
 1812  an emergency. The election shall be held within 10 days after
 1813  the date of the suspended or delayed election or as soon
 1814  thereafter as is practicable. Notice of the election must shall
 1815  be published on the affected county’s website as provided in s.
 1816  50.0311, on the affected supervisor’s website, or at least once
 1817  in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area and,
 1818  where practicable, broadcast as a public service announcement on
 1819  radio and television stations at least 1 week before prior to
 1820  the date the election is to be held.
 1821         Section 34. Subsection (2) of section 102.111, Florida
 1822  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1823         102.111 Elections Canvassing Commission.—
 1824         (2) The Elections Canvassing Commission shall meet at 8 9
 1825  a.m. on the 9th day after a primary election and at 8 9 a.m. on
 1826  the 14th day after a general election to certify the returns of
 1827  the election for each federal, state, and multicounty office. If
 1828  a member of a county canvassing board that was constituted
 1829  pursuant to s. 102.141 determines, within 5 days after the
 1830  certification by the Elections Canvassing Commission, that a
 1831  typographical error occurred in the official returns of the
 1832  county, the correction of which could result in a change in the
 1833  outcome of an election, the county canvassing board must certify
 1834  corrected returns to the Department of State within 24 hours,
 1835  and the Elections Canvassing Commission must correct and
 1836  recertify the election returns as soon as practicable.
 1837         Section 35. Subsection (2) of section 102.112, Florida
 1838  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1839         102.112 Deadline for submission of county returns to the
 1840  Department of State.—
 1841         (2) Returns must be filed no later than noon by 5 p.m. on
 1842  the 8th 7th day following a primary election and no later than
 1843  by noon on the 13th 12th day following the general election.
 1844  However, the Department of State may correct typographical
 1845  errors, including the transposition of numbers, in any returns
 1846  submitted to the Department of State pursuant to s. 102.111(2).
 1847         Section 36. Subsection (1), paragraph (b) of subsection
 1848  (2), and subsection (10) of section 102.141, Florida Statutes,
 1849  are amended to read:
 1850         102.141 County canvassing board; duties.—
 1851         (1) The county canvassing board shall be composed of the
 1852  supervisor of elections; a county court judge, who shall act as
 1853  chair; and the chair of the board of county commissioners. The
 1854  names of the canvassing board members must be published on the
 1855  supervisor’s website upon completion of the logic and accuracy
 1856  test. At least two alternate canvassing board members must be
 1857  appointed pursuant to paragraph (e). In the event any member of
 1858  the county canvassing board is unable to serve, is a candidate
 1859  who has opposition in the election being canvassed, or is an
 1860  active participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate
 1861  who has opposition in the election being canvassed, such member
 1862  shall be replaced as follows:
 1863         (a) If a no county court judge is unable able to serve or
 1864  if all are disqualified, the chief judge of the judicial circuit
 1865  in which the county is located must shall appoint as a
 1866  substitute member a qualified elector of the county who is not a
 1867  candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed and
 1868  who is not an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of
 1869  any candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed.
 1870  In such event, the members of the county canvassing board shall
 1871  meet and elect a chair.
 1872         (b) If the supervisor of elections is unable to serve or is
 1873  disqualified, the chair of the board of county commissioners
 1874  must shall appoint as a substitute member a member of the board
 1875  of county commissioners who is not a candidate with opposition
 1876  in the election being canvassed and who is not an active
 1877  participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with
 1878  opposition in the election being canvassed. The supervisor,
 1879  however, shall act in an advisory capacity to the canvassing
 1880  board.
 1881         (c) If the chair of the board of county commissioners is
 1882  unable to serve or is disqualified, the board of county
 1883  commissioners must shall appoint as a substitute member one of
 1884  its members who is not a candidate with opposition in the
 1885  election being canvassed and who is not an active participant in
 1886  the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with opposition in
 1887  the election being canvassed.
 1888         (d) If a substitute member or alternate member cannot be
 1889  appointed as provided elsewhere in this subsection, or in the
 1890  event of a vacancy in such office, the chief judge of the
 1891  judicial circuit in which the county is located must shall
 1892  appoint as a substitute member or alternate member a qualified
 1893  elector of the county who is not a candidate with opposition in
 1894  the election being canvassed and who is not an active
 1895  participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with
 1896  opposition in the election being canvassed.
 1897         (e)1. The chief judge of the judicial circuit in which the
 1898  county is located shall appoint a county court judge as an
 1899  alternate member of the county canvassing board or, if each
 1900  county court judge is unable to serve or is disqualified, shall
 1901  appoint an alternate member who is qualified to serve as a
 1902  substitute member under paragraph (a). Any alternate may serve
 1903  in any seat.
 1904         2. The chair of the board of county commissioners shall
 1905  appoint a member of the board of county commissioners as an
 1906  alternate member of the county canvassing board or, if each
 1907  member of the board of county commissioners is unable to serve
 1908  or is disqualified, shall appoint an alternate member who is
 1909  qualified to serve as a substitute member under paragraph (d).
 1910         3. If a member of the county canvassing board is unable to
 1911  participate in a meeting of the board, the chair of the county
 1912  canvassing board or his or her designee must shall designate
 1913  which alternate member will serve as a member of the board in
 1914  the place of the member who is unable to participate at that
 1915  meeting.
 1916         4. If not serving as one of the three members of the county
 1917  canvassing board, an alternate member may be present, observe,
 1918  and communicate with the three members constituting the county
 1919  canvassing board, but may not vote in the board’s decisions or
 1920  determinations.
 1921         (2)
 1922         (b) Public notice of the canvassing board members,
 1923  alternates, time, and place at which the county canvassing board
 1924  shall meet to canvass the absent electors’ ballots and
 1925  provisional ballots must be given at least 48 hours prior
 1926  thereto by publication on the county’s website as provided in s.
 1927  50.0311, on the supervisor’s website, or and published in one or
 1928  more newspapers of general circulation in the county. or, If the
 1929  applicable website becomes unavailable or there is no newspaper
 1930  of general circulation in the county, the notice must be posted
 1931  by posting such notice in at least four conspicuous places in
 1932  the county. The time given in the notice as to the convening of
 1933  the meeting of the county canvassing board must be specific and
 1934  may not be a time period during which the board may meet.
 1935         (10)(a) The supervisor At the same time that the official
 1936  results of an election are certified to the Department of State,
 1937  the county canvassing board shall file a report with the
 1938  Division of Elections on the conduct of the election no later
 1939  than 20 business days after the Elections Canvassing Commission
 1940  certifies the election. The report must, at a minimum, describe
 1941  all of the following:
 1942         1. All equipment or software malfunctions at the precinct
 1943  level, at a counting location, or within computer and
 1944  telecommunications networks supporting a county location, and
 1945  the steps that were taken to address the malfunctions.;
 1946         2. All election definition errors that were discovered
 1947  after the logic and accuracy test, and the steps that were taken
 1948  to address the errors.;
 1949         3. All ballot printing errors, vote-by-mail ballot mailing
 1950  errors, or ballot supply problems, and the steps that were taken
 1951  to address the errors or problems.;
 1952         4. All staffing shortages or procedural violations by
 1953  employees or precinct workers which were addressed by the
 1954  supervisor of elections or the county canvassing board during
 1955  the conduct of the election, and the steps that were taken to
 1956  correct such issues.;
 1957         5. All instances where needs for staffing or equipment were
 1958  insufficient to meet the needs of the voters.; and
 1959         6. Any additional information regarding material issues or
 1960  problems associated with the conduct of the election.
 1961         (b) If a supervisor discovers new or additional information
 1962  on any of the items required to be included in the report
 1963  pursuant to paragraph (a) after the report is filed, the
 1964  supervisor must shall notify the division that new information
 1965  has been discovered no later than the next business day after
 1966  the discovery, and the supervisor must shall file an amended
 1967  report signed by the supervisor of elections on the conduct of
 1968  the election within 10 days after the discovery.
 1969         (c) Such reports must shall be maintained on file in the
 1970  Division of Elections and must shall be available for public
 1971  inspection.
 1972         (d) The division shall review the conduct of election
 1973  reports utilize the reports submitted by the canvassing boards
 1974  to determine what problems may be likely to occur in other
 1975  elections and disseminate such information, along with possible
 1976  solutions and training, to the supervisors of elections.
 1977         (e)The department shall submit the analysis of these
 1978  reports for the general election as part of the consolidated
 1979  reports required under ss. 101.591 and 101.595 to the Governor,
 1980  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
 1981  Representatives by February 15 of each year following a general
 1982  election.
 1983         Section 37. Section 103.021, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1984  to read:
 1985         103.021 Nomination for presidential electors.—Candidates
 1986  for presidential electors shall be nominated in the following
 1987  manner:
 1988         (1)(a) The Governor shall nominate the presidential
 1989  electors of each political party. The state executive committee
 1990  of each political party shall by resolution recommend candidates
 1991  for presidential electors and deliver a certified copy thereof
 1992  to the Governor no later than noon on August 24 before September
 1993  1 of each presidential election year. The Governor shall
 1994  nominate only the electors recommended by the state executive
 1995  committee of the respective political party.
 1996         (b)The state executive committee of each political party
 1997  shall submit the Florida voter registration number and contact
 1998  information of each presidential elector. Each such presidential
 1999  elector must shall be a qualified registered voter of this state
 2000  and member elector of the party he or she represents who has
 2001  taken a written an oath that he or she will vote for the
 2002  candidates of the party that he or she is nominated to
 2003  represent.
 2004         (c) The Governor shall certify to the Department of State
 2005  no later than 5 p.m. on August 24 or before September 1, in each
 2006  presidential election year, the names of a number of electors
 2007  for each political party equal to the number of senators and
 2008  representatives which this state has in Congress.
 2009         (2) The names of the presidential electors may shall not be
 2010  printed on the general election ballot, but the names of the
 2011  actual candidates for President and Vice President for whom the
 2012  presidential electors will vote if elected must shall be printed
 2013  on the ballot in the order in which the party of which the
 2014  candidate is a nominee polled the highest number of votes for
 2015  Governor in the last general election.
 2016         (3) Candidates for President and Vice President with no
 2017  party affiliation may have their names printed on the general
 2018  election ballots if a petition is signed by 1 percent of the
 2019  registered voters electors of this state, as shown by the
 2020  compilation by the Department of State for the last preceding
 2021  general election. A separate petition from each county for which
 2022  signatures are solicited shall be submitted to the supervisor of
 2023  elections of the respective county no later than noon on July 15
 2024  of each presidential election year. The supervisor shall check
 2025  the names and, on or before the date of the primary election,
 2026  shall certify the number shown as registered voters electors of
 2027  the county. The supervisor shall be paid by the person
 2028  requesting the certification the cost of checking the petitions
 2029  as prescribed in s. 99.097. The supervisor shall then forward
 2030  the certificate to the Department of State which shall determine
 2031  whether or not the percentage factor required in this section
 2032  has been met. When the percentage factor required in this
 2033  section has been met, the Department of State shall order the
 2034  names of the candidates for whom the petition was circulated to
 2035  be included on the ballot and shall allow permit the required
 2036  number of persons to be certified as presidential electors in
 2037  the same manner as party candidates.
 2038         (4)(a) A minor political party that is affiliated with a
 2039  national party holding a national convention to nominate
 2040  candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
 2041  may have the names of its candidates for President and Vice
 2042  President of the United States printed on the general election
 2043  ballot by filing with the Department of State a certificate
 2044  naming the candidates for President and Vice President and
 2045  listing the required number of persons to serve as presidential
 2046  electors. Notification to the Department of State under this
 2047  subsection must shall be made no later than 5 p.m. on August 24
 2048  by September 1 of the year in which the general election is
 2049  held. When the Department of State has been so notified, it
 2050  shall order the names of the candidates nominated by the minor
 2051  political party to be included on the ballot and shall allow
 2052  permit the required number of persons to be certified as
 2053  presidential electors in the same manner as other party
 2054  candidates. As used in this section, the term “national party”
 2055  means a political party that is registered with and recognized
 2056  as a qualified national committee of a political party by the
 2057  Federal Election Commission.
 2058         (b) A minor political party that is not affiliated with a
 2059  national party holding a national convention to nominate
 2060  candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
 2061  may have the names of its candidates for President and Vice
 2062  President printed on the general election ballot if a petition
 2063  is signed by 1 percent of the registered voters electors of this
 2064  state, as shown by the compilation by the Department of State
 2065  for the preceding general election. A separate petition from
 2066  each county for which signatures are solicited must shall be
 2067  submitted to the supervisors of elections of the respective
 2068  county no later than noon on July 15 of each presidential
 2069  election year. The supervisor shall check the names and, on or
 2070  before the date of the primary election, shall certify the
 2071  number shown as registered voters electors of the county. The
 2072  supervisor shall be paid by the person requesting the
 2073  certification the cost of checking the petitions as prescribed
 2074  in s. 99.097. The supervisor shall then forward the certificate
 2075  to the Department of State, which shall determine whether or not
 2076  the percentage factor required in this section has been met.
 2077  When the percentage factor required in this section has been
 2078  met, the Department of State shall order the names of the
 2079  candidates for whom the petition was circulated to be included
 2080  on the ballot and shall allow permit the required number of
 2081  persons to be certified as presidential electors in the same
 2082  manner as other party candidates.
 2083         (5) When for any reason a person nominated or elected as a
 2084  presidential elector is unable to serve because of death,
 2085  incapacity, or otherwise, the Governor may appoint a person to
 2086  fill such vacancy who possesses the qualifications required for
 2087  the elector to have been nominated in the first instance. Such
 2088  person shall file with the Governor a written an oath that he or
 2089  she will support the same candidates for President and Vice
 2090  President that the person who is unable to serve was committed
 2091  to support.
 2092         (6)A presidential elector’s refusal or failure to vote for
 2093  the candidates for President and Vice President of the party the
 2094  presidential elector was nominated to represent constitutes his
 2095  or her resignation of the position. The vote he or she cast may
 2096  not be recorded, and his or her position as a presidential
 2097  elector must be filled as provided in subsection (5).
 2098         Section 38. Section 103.022, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2099  to read:
 2100         103.022 Write-in candidates for President and Vice
 2101  President.—
 2102         (1) Persons seeking to qualify for election as write-in
 2103  candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
 2104  may have a blank space provided on the general election ballot
 2105  for their names to be written in by filing an oath with the
 2106  Department of State at any time after the 57th day, but before
 2107  noon of the 49th day, before prior to the date of the primary
 2108  election in the year in which a presidential election is held.
 2109         (2) The Department of State shall prescribe the form to be
 2110  used in administering the oath.
 2111         (3) The write-in candidates shall file with the department
 2112  a certificate naming the required number of persons to serve as
 2113  electors. The write-in candidates shall submit the Florida voter
 2114  registration number and contact information for each
 2115  presidential elector. Each presidential elector must be a
 2116  qualified registered voter of this state. Such write-in
 2117  candidates are shall not be entitled to have their names on the
 2118  ballot.
 2119         Section 39. Subsection (4) of section 103.091, Florida
 2120  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2121         103.091 Political parties.—
 2122         (4) Any political party other than a minor political party
 2123  may by rule provide for the membership of its state or county
 2124  executive committee to be elected for 4-year terms at the
 2125  primary election in each year a presidential election is held.
 2126  The terms shall commence on the first day of the month following
 2127  each presidential general election; but the names of candidates
 2128  for political party offices may shall not be placed on the
 2129  ballot at any other election. The results of such election are
 2130  shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast. In such
 2131  event, electors seeking to qualify for such office shall do so
 2132  with the Department of State or supervisor of elections not
 2133  earlier than noon of the 71st day, or later than noon of the
 2134  67th day, preceding the primary election. A qualifying office
 2135  may accept and hold qualifying papers submitted not earlier than
 2136  14 days before the beginning of the qualifying period, to be
 2137  processed and filed during the qualifying period. The outgoing
 2138  chair of each county executive committee shall, within 30 days
 2139  after the committee members take office, hold an organizational
 2140  meeting of all newly elected members for the purpose of electing
 2141  officers. The chair of each state executive committee shall,
 2142  within 60 days after the committee members take office, hold an
 2143  organizational meeting of all newly elected members for the
 2144  purpose of electing officers.
 2145         Section 40. Section 104.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 2146  read:
 2147         104.16 Voting fraudulent ballot.—
 2148         (1) Any elector who knowingly votes or attempts to vote a
 2149  fraudulent ballot, or any person who knowingly solicits, or
 2150  attempts, to vote a fraudulent ballot, is guilty of a felony of
 2151  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
 2152  775.083, or s. 775.084.
 2153         (2)Subsection (1) does not apply to an elector to whom
 2154  notice has been sent pursuant to s. 98.075(7) and who votes a
 2155  provisional ballot or vote-by-mail ballot before a final
 2156  determination of eligibility is made.
 2157         Section 41. Section 104.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 2158  read:
 2159         104.18 Casting more than one ballot at any election.—
 2160         (1) Except as provided in s. 101.6952, whoever willfully
 2161  votes more than one ballot at any election commits a felony of
 2162  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
 2163  775.083, or s. 775.084. In any prosecution under this section,
 2164  the prosecution may proceed in any jurisdiction in which one of
 2165  the ballots was willfully cast, and it is not necessary to prove
 2166  which of the ballots was cast first.
 2167         (2)For purposes of this section, the term “votes more than
 2168  one ballot at any election” means an occurrence of any of the
 2169  following:
 2170         (a)Voting more than once in the same election within a
 2171  county located within this state.
 2172         (b)Voting more than once in the same election by voting in
 2173  two or more counties located in this state.
 2174         (c)Voting more than once in the same election by voting in
 2175  this state and in one or more other states or territories of the
 2176  United States.
 2177         Section 42. Subsection (1) of section 104.42, Florida
 2178  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2179         104.42 Fraudulent registration and illegal voting;
 2180  investigation.—
 2181         (1) The supervisor of elections is authorized to
 2182  investigate fraudulent registrations and illegal voting and to
 2183  report his or her findings to the local state attorney and the
 2184  Office of Election Crimes and Security Florida Elections
 2185  Commission.
 2186         Section 43. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (4) of
 2187  section 105.031, Florida Statutes, to read:
 2188         105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items
 2189  required to be filed.—
 2190         (4) CANDIDATE’S OATH.—
 2191         (c)In addition, each candidate for judicial office shall,
 2192  at the time of subscribing to the oath or affirmation, state in
 2193  writing whether he or she owes any outstanding fines, fees, or
 2194  penalties that cumulatively exceed $250 for any violations of s.
 2195  8, Art. II of the State Constitution, the Code of Ethics for
 2196  Public Officers and Employees under part III of chapter 112, any
 2197  local ethics ordinance governing standards of conduct and
 2198  disclosure requirements, or chapter 106. If the candidate owes
 2199  any outstanding fines, fees, or penalties exceeding the
 2200  threshold amount specified in this paragraph, he or she must
 2201  also specify the amount owed and each entity that levied such
 2202  fine, fee, or penalty. For purposes of this paragraph, any such
 2203  fines, fees, or penalties that have been paid in full at the
 2204  time of subscribing to the oath or affirmation are not deemed to
 2205  be outstanding.
 2206         Section 44. Present paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of
 2207  subsection (7) of section 106.03, Florida Statutes, are
 2208  redesignated as paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), respectively, and
 2209  a new paragraph (a) is added to that subsection, to read:
 2210         106.03 Registration of political committees and
 2211  electioneering communications organizations.—
 2212         (7) The Division of Elections shall adopt rules to
 2213  prescribe the manner in which committees and electioneering
 2214  communications organizations may be dissolved and have their
 2215  registration canceled. Such rules shall, at a minimum, provide
 2216  for:
 2217         (a)Payment of fines prior to registration cancelation or
 2218  dissolution.
 2219         Section 45. Subsection (1) and paragraph (c) of subsection
 2220  (8) of section 106.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2221         106.07 Reports; certification and filing.—
 2222         (1) Each campaign treasurer designated by a candidate or
 2223  political committee pursuant to s. 106.021 shall file regular
 2224  reports of all contributions received, and all expenditures
 2225  made, by or on behalf of such candidate or political committee.
 2226  Except for the third calendar quarter immediately preceding a
 2227  general election as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b), reports
 2228  must shall be filed on the 10th day following the end of each
 2229  calendar quarter month from the time the campaign treasurer is
 2230  appointed, except that, if the 10th day following the end of a
 2231  calendar quarter month occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
 2232  holiday, the report must shall be filed on the next following
 2233  day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Quarterly
 2234  Monthly reports must shall include all contributions received
 2235  and expenditures made during the calendar quarter month which
 2236  have not otherwise been reported pursuant to this section.
 2237         (a) A statewide candidate or a political committee required
 2238  to file reports with the division must file reports:
 2239         1. On the 60th day immediately preceding the primary
 2240  election, and each week thereafter, with the last weekly report
 2241  being filed on the 4th day immediately preceding the general
 2242  election.
 2243         2. On the 10th day immediately preceding the general
 2244  election, and each day thereafter, with the last daily report
 2245  being filed the 5th day immediately preceding the general
 2246  election.
 2247         (b) Any other candidate or a political committee required
 2248  to file reports with a filing officer other than the division
 2249  must file reports on the 60th day immediately preceding the
 2250  primary election, and biweekly on each Friday thereafter through
 2251  and including the 4th day immediately preceding the general
 2252  election, with additional reports due on the 25th and 11th days
 2253  before the primary election and the general election.
 2254         (c) Following the last day of qualifying for office, any
 2255  unopposed candidate need only file a report within 90 days after
 2256  the date such candidate became unopposed. Such report shall
 2257  contain all previously unreported contributions and expenditures
 2258  as required by this section and shall reflect disposition of
 2259  funds as required by s. 106.141.
 2260         (d)1. When a special election is called to fill a vacancy
 2261  in office, all political committees making contributions or
 2262  expenditures to influence the results of such special election
 2263  or the preceding special primary election shall file campaign
 2264  treasurers’ reports with the filing officer on the dates set by
 2265  the Department of State pursuant to s. 100.111.
 2266         2. When an election is called for an issue to appear on the
 2267  ballot at a time when no candidates are scheduled to appear on
 2268  the ballot, all political committees making contributions or
 2269  expenditures in support of or in opposition to such issue shall
 2270  file reports on the 18th and 4th days before such election.
 2271         (e) The filing officer shall provide each candidate with a
 2272  schedule designating the beginning and end of reporting periods
 2273  as well as the corresponding designated due dates.
 2274         (f)A county, a municipality, or any other local
 2275  governmental entity is expressly preempted from enacting or
 2276  adopting a reporting schedule that differs from the requirements
 2277  established in this subsection.
 2278         (8)
 2279         (c) Any candidate or chair of a political committee may
 2280  appeal or dispute the fine, based upon, but not limited to,
 2281  unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to file on the
 2282  designated due date, and may request and shall be entitled to a
 2283  hearing before the Florida Elections Commission, which shall
 2284  have the authority to waive the fine in whole or in part. The
 2285  Florida Elections Commission must consider the mitigating and
 2286  aggravating circumstances contained in s. 106.265(3) s.
 2287  106.265(2) when determining the amount of a fine, if any, to be
 2288  waived. Any such request shall be made within 20 days after
 2289  receipt of the notice of payment due. In such case, the
 2290  candidate or chair of the political committee shall, within the
 2291  20-day period, notify the filing officer in writing of his or
 2292  her intention to bring the matter before the commission.
 2293         Section 46. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
 2294  106.0702, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2295         106.0702 Reporting; political party executive committee
 2296  candidates.—
 2297         (7)
 2298         (c) A reporting individual may appeal or dispute the fine,
 2299  based upon, but not limited to, unusual circumstances
 2300  surrounding the failure to file on the designated due date, and
 2301  may request and is entitled to a hearing before the Florida
 2302  Elections Commission, which has the authority to waive the fine
 2303  in whole or in part. The Florida Elections Commission must
 2304  consider the mitigating and aggravating circumstances contained
 2305  in s. 106.265(3) s. 106.265(2) when determining the amount of a
 2306  fine, if any, to be waived. Any such request shall be made
 2307  within 20 days after receipt of the notice of payment due. In
 2308  such case, the reporting individual must, within 20 days after
 2309  receipt of the notice, notify the supervisor in writing of his
 2310  or her intention to bring the matter before the commission.
 2311         Section 47. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and paragraph
 2312  (c) of subsection (7) of section 106.0703, Florida Statutes, are
 2313  amended to read:
 2314         106.0703 Electioneering communications organizations;
 2315  reporting requirements; certification and filing; penalties.—
 2316         (1)(a) Each electioneering communications organization
 2317  shall file regular reports of all contributions received and all
 2318  expenditures made by or on behalf of the organization. Except
 2319  for the third calendar quarter immediately preceding a general
 2320  election as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), reports must be
 2321  filed on the 10th day following the end of each calendar quarter
 2322  month from the time the organization is registered. However, if
 2323  the 10th day following the end of a calendar quarter month
 2324  occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the report must
 2325  be filed on the next following day that is not a Saturday,
 2326  Sunday, or legal holiday. Quarterly Monthly reports must include
 2327  all contributions received and expenditures made during the
 2328  calendar quarter month that have not otherwise been reported
 2329  pursuant to this section.
 2330         (7)
 2331         (c) The treasurer of an electioneering communications
 2332  organization may appeal or dispute the fine, based upon, but not
 2333  limited to, unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to
 2334  file on the designated due date, and may request and shall be
 2335  entitled to a hearing before the Florida Elections Commission,
 2336  which shall have the authority to waive the fine in whole or in
 2337  part. The Florida Elections Commission must consider the
 2338  mitigating and aggravating circumstances contained in s.
 2339  106.265(3) s. 106.265(2) when determining the amount of a fine,
 2340  if any, to be waived. Any such request shall be made within 20
 2341  days after receipt of the notice of payment due. In such case,
 2342  the treasurer of the electioneering communications organization
 2343  shall, within the 20-day period, notify the filing officer in
 2344  writing of his or her intention to bring the matter before the
 2345  commission.
 2346         Section 48. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 2347  106.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2348         106.08 Contributions; limitations on.—
 2349         (2)
 2350         (b) A candidate for statewide office may not accept
 2351  contributions from national, state, or county executive
 2352  committees of a political party, including any subordinate
 2353  committee of the political party, or affiliated party
 2354  committees, which contributions in the aggregate exceed
 2355  $250,000. Polling services, research services, costs for
 2356  campaign staff, professional consulting services, and telephone
 2357  calls, and text messages are not contributions to be counted
 2358  toward the contribution limits of paragraph (a) or this
 2359  paragraph. Any item not expressly identified in this paragraph
 2360  as nonallocable is a contribution in an amount equal to the fair
 2361  market value of the item and must be counted as allocable toward
 2362  the contribution limits of paragraph (a) or this paragraph.
 2363  Nonallocable, in-kind contributions must be reported by the
 2364  candidate under s. 106.07 and by the political party or
 2365  affiliated party committee under s. 106.29.
 2366         Section 49. Section 106.1436, Florida Statutes, is created
 2367  to read:
 2368         106.1436Voter guide; disclaimers; violations.—
 2369         (1)As used in this section, the term “voter guide” means
 2370  direct mail that is either an electioneering communication or a
 2371  political advertisement sent for the purpose of advocating for
 2372  or endorsing particular issues or candidates by recommending
 2373  specific electoral choices to the voter or by indicating issue
 2374  or candidate selections on an unofficial ballot. The term does
 2375  not apply to direct mail or publications made by governmental
 2376  entities or government officials in their official capacity.
 2377         (2)A person may not, directly or indirectly, represent
 2378  that a voter guide is an official publication of a political
 2379  party unless such person is given written permission pursuant to
 2380  s. 103.081.
 2381         (3)A voter guide circulated before, or on the day of, an
 2382  election must, in bold font with a font size of at least 12
 2383  point, prominently:
 2384         (a)Display the following disclaimer at the top of the
 2385  first page of the voter guide:
 2386         1.If the voter guide is an electioneering communication,
 2387  the disclaimer required under s. 106.1439; or
 2388         2.If the voter guide is a political advertisement, the
 2389  disclaimer required under s. 106.143.
 2390         (b)Be marked “Voter Guide” with such text appearing
 2391  immediately below the disclaimer required in paragraph (a).
 2392         (4)(a)In addition to any other penalties provided by law,
 2393  a person who fails to comply with this section commits a
 2394  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
 2395  775.082 or by a fine of not less than $25 for each individual
 2396  voter guide distributed.
 2397         (b)Any fine imposed pursuant to paragraph (a) may not
 2398  exceed $2,500 in the aggregate in any calendar month.
 2399         Section 50. Present subsections (2) through (6) of section
 2400  106.265, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3)
 2401  through (7), respectively, subsection (1) of that section is
 2402  amended, and a new subsection (2) is added to that section, to
 2403  read:
 2404         106.265 Civil penalties.—
 2405         (1)(a) The commission or, in cases referred to the Division
 2406  of Administrative Hearings pursuant to s. 106.25(5), the
 2407  administrative law judge is authorized upon the finding of a
 2408  violation of this chapter or chapter 104 to impose civil
 2409  penalties in the form of fines not to exceed $2,500 $1,000 per
 2410  count. The fine may be multiplied by a factor of 3, not to
 2411  exceed $7,500, for each subsequent count of the same category,
 2412  beginning with the fourth offense., or,
 2413         (b) If applicable, the commission or the administrative law
 2414  judge may instead to impose a civil penalty as provided in s.
 2415  104.271 or s. 106.19.
 2416         (2)A fine imposed against a political committee jointly
 2417  and severally attaches to the chair of the political committee
 2418  if the political committee does not pay the fine within 30 days.
 2419         Section 51. Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section
 2420  322.142, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2421         322.142 Color photographic or digital imaged licenses.—
 2422         (4) The department may maintain a film negative or print
 2423  file. The department shall maintain a record of the digital
 2424  image and signature of the licensees, together with other data
 2425  required by the department for identification and retrieval.
 2426  Reproductions from the file or digital record are exempt from
 2427  the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and may be made and issued only:
 2428         (e) To the Department of State or a supervisor of elections
 2429  pursuant to an interagency agreement to facilitate
 2430  determinations of eligibility of voter registration applicants
 2431  and registered voters in accordance with ss. 98.045 and 98.075;
 2432         Section 52. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 2433  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 2434  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 2435  2023.
 2436  
 2437  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 2438  And the title is amended as follows:
 2439         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 2440  and insert:
 2441                        A bill to be entitled                      
 2442         An act relating to elections; amending s. 97.012,
 2443         F.S.; requiring the Secretary of State to provide
 2444         mandatory formal signature matching training to
 2445         specified persons; requiring the Department of State
 2446         to adopt specified rules; amending s. 97.052, F.S.;
 2447         conforming a provision to changes made by the act;
 2448         amending s. 97.057, F.S.; conforming a cross
 2449         reference; amending s. 97.0575, F.S.; requiring that
 2450         third-party voter registration organizations provide
 2451         to the Division of Elections the general election
 2452         cycle for which they are registering persons to vote,
 2453         beginning on a certain date; requiring that third
 2454         party voter registration organizations provide to the
 2455         division certain affirmations; providing that a third
 2456         party voter registration organization is liable for
 2457         certain fines in certain circumstances; providing that
 2458         the registration of such organizations expires at the
 2459         conclusion of the organizations’ lawful
 2460         responsibilities following such election cycle,
 2461         beginning on a certain date; requiring such
 2462         organizations to provide applicants with a specified
 2463         receipt; requiring the division to adopt by rule a
 2464         uniform format for such receipt by a specified date;
 2465         revising the timeframe within which such organizations
 2466         must deliver applications to the division or a
 2467         supervisor of elections; revising the fines for
 2468         failure to submit applications to the division or the
 2469         supervisor within the specified timeframe; prohibiting
 2470         a person collecting applications on behalf of a third
 2471         party voter registration organization from copying
 2472         specified information from the application for reasons
 2473         other than complying with specified requirements;
 2474         providing criminal penalties; prohibiting
 2475         organizations from providing prefilled voter
 2476         registration applications to applicants; providing
 2477         civil penalties; providing for retroactive
 2478         application; amending s. 97.071, F.S.; revising the
 2479         contents of voter information cards; providing
 2480         construction; providing applicability; amending s.
 2481         98.065, F.S.; revising the procedures a supervisor
 2482         must incorporate as part of his or her list
 2483         maintenance program; deleting a provision relating to
 2484         the address to which certain voter registration mail
 2485         must be addressed; revising requirements applicable to
 2486         registration list maintenance programs; requiring a
 2487         supervisor to conduct a certain review of voter
 2488         registration records at least annually and take
 2489         certain actions; amending s. 98.0655, F.S.; deleting a
 2490         provision that requires an address confirmation
 2491         request to include a certain statement; amending s.
 2492         98.075, F.S.; deleting the scheduled repeal of a
 2493         public records exemption for certain voter
 2494         registration information from another state or the
 2495         District of Columbia; requiring the supervisor to
 2496         remove the name of a registered voter from the
 2497         statewide voter registration system within a specified
 2498         timeframe if certain conditions exist; requiring the
 2499         supervisor to coordinate with his or her respective
 2500         clerk of the court to obtain information of those
 2501         registered voters convicted of a felony who have not
 2502         had their voting rights restored; requiring a
 2503         supervisor to adhere to specified procedures before
 2504         the removal of a registered voter from the statewide
 2505         voter registration system; providing construction;
 2506         requiring the notice that the supervisor must provide
 2507         to a potentially ineligible voter to include a
 2508         specified statement; authorizing a supervisor to post
 2509         a specified notice on the county’s website or the
 2510         supervisor’s website; requiring the notice to contain
 2511         specified statements; requiring the supervisor to make
 2512         a final determination of the voter’s eligibility
 2513         within a specified timeframe and remove the name of a
 2514         registered voter within a specified timeframe if the
 2515         registered voter fails to respond or responds in a
 2516         certain manner to certain notices; requiring the
 2517         supervisor to review evidence and make a determination
 2518         of eligibility within a specified timeframe in certain
 2519         circumstances; requiring the supervisor to remove an
 2520         ineligible voter within a specified timeframe and
 2521         notify the voter that he or she has the right to
 2522         appeal the determination of ineligibility; requiring
 2523         the supervisor to schedule and issue notice of a
 2524         hearing within a specified timeframe after receiving
 2525         the voter’s hearing request; requiring that the
 2526         hearing be held within a specified timeframe;
 2527         authorizing the voter to request an extension;
 2528         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 2529         amending s. 98.077, F.S.; deleting a reference to the
 2530         department from a provision requiring correspondence
 2531         to include certain information; requiring a supervisor
 2532         to publish a specified notice in a newspaper, on the
 2533         county’s website, or on the supervisor’s website;
 2534         requiring that signature updates used to verify
 2535         signatures on ballot certificates or petitions be
 2536         received by the supervisor before the voter’s ballot
 2537         is received, his or her provisional ballot is cast, or
 2538         the petition is submitted for signature verification;
 2539         requiring the supervisor to use the signature on file
 2540         at the time the vote-by-mail ballot is received, the
 2541         provisional ballot is cast, or the petition is
 2542         reviewed; providing an exception; amending s. 98.093,
 2543         F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to weekly
 2544         furnish a specified list to the Department of State;
 2545         requiring clerks of the circuit court to weekly
 2546         furnish specified information to the Department of
 2547         State; requiring the clerks to provide certain
 2548         information to the department for specified purposes;
 2549         requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to
 2550         identify and report specified persons to the
 2551         Department of State at least weekly; requiring the
 2552         Florida Commission on Offender Review to furnish data
 2553         on clemency to the Department of State at least
 2554         weekly; requiring the Department of Corrections to
 2555         identify persons convicted of a felony and committed
 2556         to its custody, and to provide such information to the
 2557         Department of State, at least weekly; requiring the
 2558         Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
 2559         weekly furnish specified information to the Department
 2560         of State; revising construction; making technical
 2561         changes; amending s. 98.0981, F.S.; requiring
 2562         supervisors to submit specified reports to the
 2563         department within a specified timeframe; requiring
 2564         supervisors to prepare a reconciliation report and
 2565         submit such report to the department; providing
 2566         requirements for, and the required format of, the
 2567         report; revising the requirement that supervisors
 2568         transmit to the department, in a specified format, the
 2569         completely updated voting history information for each
 2570         qualified voter who voted; defining the term “unique
 2571         precinct identifier”; requiring supervisors to submit
 2572         a specified geographical information system map to the
 2573         department; requiring the department to submit an
 2574         election summary report containing certain information
 2575         to the Legislature following the certification by the
 2576         Elections Canvassing Commission of specified
 2577         elections; deleting certain file specifications;
 2578         revising the timeframe for a supervisor to collect and
 2579         submit to the department precinct-level election
 2580         results after certification by the commission of
 2581         specified elections; revising the procedures for
 2582         compiling such results; requiring the supervisor to
 2583         research and address questions or issues identified by
 2584         the department in such results; requiring the
 2585         supervisor to provide amended precinct-level election
 2586         results to the department within a specified
 2587         timeframe, if certain conditions exist; requiring the
 2588         department to publish such results online within a
 2589         specified timeframe; specifying requirements for the
 2590         website; requiring certain files to be created in
 2591         accordance with, and providing requirements for, a
 2592         certain rule; defining the term “unique precinct
 2593         identifier”; providing the timeframe within which the
 2594         department must compile and make available certain
 2595         precinct-level statistical data; requiring the
 2596         department to adopt specified rules; amending s.
 2597         99.012, F.S.; defining the term “qualify” for purposes
 2598         of restrictions on individuals qualifying for public
 2599         office; revising applicability; providing
 2600         construction; amending s. 99.021, F.S.; revising the
 2601         form of the candidate oath to require that candidates
 2602         acknowledge certain outstanding fines, fees, or
 2603         penalties relating to ethics or campaign finance
 2604         violations; creating s. 99.0215, F.S.; requiring a
 2605         candidate to designate in the candidate’s oath the
 2606         name he or she wishes to have printed on the ballot,
 2607         subject to specified conditions; requiring a candidate
 2608         to file a specified affidavit simultaneously with the
 2609         oath if the candidate wishes to use a nickname, which
 2610         is subject to certain conditions; defining the term
 2611         “political slogan”; prohibiting the use of a
 2612         professional title or degree except in specified
 2613         circumstances; amending s. 99.097, F.S.; requiring the
 2614         person or organization that submits signatures for a
 2615         local or statewide issue to pay the supervisor in
 2616         advance for checking the signatures; making technical
 2617         changes; amending s. 100.021, F.S.; providing
 2618         alternative methods for providing notice of a general
 2619         election; amending s. 100.141, F.S.; revising the
 2620         methods by which a supervisor may publish notice of a
 2621         special election; amending s. 100.342, F.S.;
 2622         specifying that the notice for a special election or
 2623         referendum may be published on the county’s website,
 2624         the municipality’s website, or the supervisor’s
 2625         website, as applicable; amending s. 101.001, F.S.;
 2626         revising requirements for specified maps maintained by
 2627         supervisors of elections; authorizing supervisors of
 2628         elections to coordinate with other governmental
 2629         entities for a certain purpose; deleting a provision
 2630         requiring supervisors to provide the department
 2631         certain data on precincts in the county; deleting a
 2632         provision requiring the department to maintain a
 2633         certain database; requiring supervisors of elections
 2634         to include changes in the name of a precinct in a
 2635         certain document; amending s. 101.048, F.S.; providing
 2636         that specified persons are entitled to vote a
 2637         provisional ballot; amending s. 101.151, F.S.;
 2638         requiring the word “incumbent” to appear next to a
 2639         candidate’s name on an election ballot under specified
 2640         conditions; amending s. 101.5612, F.S.; revising the
 2641         methods by which certain notice may be provided;
 2642         amending s. 101.6103, F.S.; conforming a cross
 2643         reference; making technical changes; amending s.
 2644         101.62, F.S.; specifying that a supervisor must accept
 2645         requests for vote-by-mail ballots only from specified
 2646         persons; providing that a request may be made through
 2647         a supervisor’s website; requiring the department to
 2648         adopt by rule a uniform statewide application for a
 2649         written request for a vote-by-mail ballot by a
 2650         specified date; requiring a supervisor to cancel a
 2651         request for a vote-by-mail ballot if certain mail sent
 2652         by the supervisor to the voter is returned to the
 2653         supervisor as undeliverable; requiring a voter who
 2654         subsequently requests a vote-by-mail ballot to provide
 2655         or confirm his or her current residential address;
 2656         requiring the supervisor to add certain information to
 2657         the voter’s registration record if such information is
 2658         provided in the vote-by-mail request; revising the
 2659         definition of the term “immediate family”; deleting a
 2660         provision requiring vote-by-mail ballot requests to be
 2661         received by a specified time before the supervisor
 2662         mails a vote-by-mail ballot; revising the day after
 2663         which a supervisor may not mail a vote-by-mail ballot;
 2664         providing the deadline for submitting a vote-by-mail
 2665         ballot request; revising the means by which and the
 2666         period during which a supervisor must provide a vote
 2667         by-mail ballot to a voter; prohibiting a supervisor
 2668         from personally delivering a vote-by-mail ballot to
 2669         certain voters or delivering a vote-by-mail ballot to
 2670         certain voters’ designees during a certain period
 2671         unless certain conditions exist; making technical
 2672         changes; amending s. 101.67, F.S.; requiring the
 2673         supervisor to segregate and treat certain ballots as
 2674         provisional; amending s. 101.68, F.S.; prohibiting
 2675         vote-by-mail ballots from being counted if two or more
 2676         ballots arrive in one mailing envelope; making
 2677         technical changes; amending s. 101.6923, F.S.;
 2678         requiring that a specified statement be included in a
 2679         vote-by-mail ballot provided to certain voters; making
 2680         technical changes; amending s. 101.6925, F.S.;
 2681         revising the deadline for a voter to make specified
 2682         information available to the supervisor before a vote
 2683         by-mail ballot may be canvassed; amending s. 101.694,
 2684         F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s.
 2685         101.71, F.S.; revising the methods by which certain
 2686         notice may be provided; requiring certain public, tax
 2687         supported buildings to be made available for use as
 2688         early voting locations upon the request of the
 2689         supervisor; amending s. 101.733, F.S.; revising the
 2690         methods by which certain notice may be provided;
 2691         amending s. 102.111, F.S.; revising the time at which
 2692         the Elections Canvassing Commission shall meet to
 2693         certify returns; amending s. 102.112, F.S.; revising
 2694         the timeframe in which county returns must be filed
 2695         with the department; amending s. 102.141, F.S.;
 2696         requiring a certain number of alternate canvassing
 2697         board members; revising the methods by which certain
 2698         notice may be provided; requiring the supervisor to
 2699         file a report with the Division of Elections within a
 2700         specified timeframe; revising the requirements for the
 2701         report; requiring the division to review the report
 2702         and offer specified training to supervisors based on
 2703         the report; requiring the department to submit an
 2704         analysis of specified reports to the Governor and the
 2705         Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 103.021,
 2706         F.S.; revising the timeframe within which a political
 2707         party executive committee must submit its presidential
 2708         electors to the Governor for nomination; requiring the
 2709         state executive committee of each party to submit
 2710         specified information; requiring that electors be
 2711         qualified registered voters and members of the
 2712         political party for which they are named as electors;
 2713         specifying that a required oath be made in writing;
 2714         revising the timeframe within which the Governor must
 2715         certify the electors to the department; revising the
 2716         timeframe within which a minor political party must
 2717         submit its list of presidential electors to the
 2718         department; requiring presidential electors to file
 2719         with the Governor a certain written oath; providing
 2720         that certain acts constitute a resignation of the
 2721         position of presidential elector; amending s. 103.022,
 2722         F.S.; requiring certain write-in candidates to submit
 2723         specified information; amending s. 103.091, F.S.;
 2724         authorizing a qualifying office to accept and hold
 2725         qualifying papers for candidates for political party
 2726         offices within a specified timeframe before the
 2727         qualifying period; amending s. 104.16, F.S.; providing
 2728         applicability; amending s. 104.18, F.S.; providing
 2729         that a prosecution for voting more than one ballot may
 2730         proceed in any jurisdiction in which a ballot was
 2731         willfully cast; providing that it is not necessary to
 2732         prove which ballot was cast first; defining the term
 2733         “votes more than one ballot at any election”; amending
 2734         s. 104.42, F.S.; authorizing a supervisor to report
 2735         certain findings to the Office of Election Crimes and
 2736         Security rather than the Florida Elections Commission;
 2737         amending s. 105.031, F.S.; revising the form of the
 2738         candidate’s oath to require that candidates for
 2739         judicial office acknowledge certain outstanding fines,
 2740         fees, or penalties relating to ethics or campaign
 2741         finance violations; amending s. 106.03, F.S.;
 2742         requiring the division to adopt specified rules;
 2743         amending s. 106.07, F.S.; revising reporting intervals
 2744         for candidates and political committees from monthly
 2745         to quarterly; preempting local governments from
 2746         establishing reporting schedules that differ from
 2747         certain requirements; conforming a cross-reference;
 2748         amending s. 106.0702, F.S.; conforming a cross
 2749         reference; amending s. 106.0703, F.S.; revising
 2750         reporting intervals for electioneering communications
 2751         organizations from monthly to quarterly; conforming a
 2752         cross-reference; amending s. 106.08, F.S.; adding text
 2753         messages to the items that do not constitute
 2754         contributions to be counted toward certain
 2755         contribution limits; creating s. 106.1436, F.S.;
 2756         defining the term “voter guide”; prohibiting a person
 2757         from representing that a voter guide is an official
 2758         publication of a political party; providing an
 2759         exception; providing disclosure requirements for such
 2760         voter guides; providing criminal penalties and fines;
 2761         amending s. 106.265, F.S.; increasing the maximum
 2762         civil fines that may be imposed for specified
 2763         violations; providing that fines assessed against a
 2764         political committee also attach jointly and severally
 2765         to the chair of the political committee under
 2766         specified conditions; amending s. 322.142, F.S.;
 2767         authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
 2768         Vehicles to provide certain reproductions to a
 2769         supervisor of elections; providing effective dates.