Florida Senate - 2023                   (Proposed Bill) SPB 7050
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Ethics and Elections
       
       
       
       
       
       582-03354A-23                                         20237050pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to elections; amending s. 97.012,
    3         F.S.; requiring the Secretary of State to provide
    4         mandatory formal signature matching training to
    5         specified persons; requiring the Department of State
    6         to adopt specified rules; amending s. 97.022, F.S.;
    7         authorizing the Office of Election Crimes and Security
    8         to review complaints and conduct preliminary
    9         investigations relating to any alleged election
   10         irregularity involving the Florida Election Code;
   11         authorizing the office to make referrals to specified
   12         entities based on the findings of its reviews and
   13         investigations; requiring the statewide prosecutor to
   14         promptly investigate complaints and undertake any
   15         related criminal actions; requiring the Office of the
   16         Statewide Prosecutor to report to the Office of
   17         Election Crimes and Security the result of any
   18         investigation, action taken, and final disposition;
   19         providing construction; amending s. 97.0535, F.S.;
   20         requiring first-time applicants registering to vote in
   21         this state to comply with specified identification
   22         requirements; requiring voter registration officials
   23         to issue a certain notice to applicants under
   24         specified conditions; requiring certain applicants who
   25         register to vote for the first time in this state to
   26         vote in person; providing exceptions; conforming
   27         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
   28         97.057, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending
   29         s. 97.0575, F.S.; requiring third-party voter
   30         registration organizations to inform the Division of
   31         Elections as to the general election cycle for which
   32         they are registering persons to vote; providing
   33         applicability; providing that the registration of such
   34         organizations expires at the conclusion of the
   35         organizations’ lawful responsibilities following such
   36         election cycle; providing applicability; requiring
   37         such organizations to provide applicants with a
   38         specified receipt; requiring the division to adopt a
   39         certain rule; revising the timeframe within which such
   40         organizations must deliver applications to the
   41         division or the supervisor of elections in each
   42         county; revising the fines for failure to submit
   43         applications to the division or the supervisor within
   44         the specified timeframe; prohibiting a person
   45         collecting applications on behalf of a third-party
   46         voter registration organization from copying specified
   47         information from the application for reasons other
   48         than complying with specified requirements; providing
   49         criminal penalties; prohibiting organizations from
   50         providing prefilled voter registration applications to
   51         applicants; providing for civil penalties; amending s.
   52         97.071, F.S.; revising the contents of voter
   53         information cards; providing construction; amending s.
   54         98.065, F.S.; revising the frequency of and the
   55         procedures a supervisor must incorporate as part of
   56         his or her registration list maintenance program;
   57         requiring a supervisor to record all list maintenance
   58         actions in the statewide voter registration system;
   59         requiring the supervisor to send an address
   60         confirmation request if the supervisor receives
   61         certain change of address information; requiring the
   62         supervisor to place a voter’s name on the inactive
   63         list if certain information is received; revising a
   64         provision that required address confirmation final
   65         notices be sent to all addresses on file for a voter;
   66         revising the actions an inactive voter may take to
   67         have his or her name restored to the active voter
   68         list; revising the criteria that would allow an
   69         inactive voter to be removed from the voter
   70         registration system; prohibiting list maintenance
   71         programs from being initiated within a specified
   72         timeframe; requiring supervisors to conduct periodic
   73         reviews of voter registration records to identify
   74         illegal residential addresses; requiring supervisors
   75         to initiate list maintenance under certain conditions;
   76         requiring supervisors to certify to the Department of
   77         State, by specified dates, that address list
   78         maintenance activities were conducted; requiring the
   79         department to coordinate with supervisors to ensure
   80         that the appropriate list maintenance activities are
   81         conducted; amending s. 98.0655, F.S.; revising the
   82         registration list maintenance forms and the address
   83         confirmation requests prescribed by the department for
   84         use by supervisors; revising the locations to which an
   85         address confirmation request must be mailed; requiring
   86         that the request be sent by forwardable mail and
   87         include a postage prepaid, preaddressed return form
   88         and a specified statement; requiring the voter to
   89         respond and provide certain information within a
   90         specified timeframe; requiring confirmation of the
   91         voter’s address of legal residence before the voter
   92         may vote in an election; conforming provisions to
   93         changes made by the act; amending s. 98.075, F.S.;
   94         deleting the scheduled repeal of a public records
   95         exemption for certain voter registration information
   96         from another state or the District of Columbia;
   97         requiring the supervisor to remove the name of a
   98         registered voter from the statewide voter registration
   99         system within a specified timeframe if certain
  100         conditions exist; requiring the supervisor to
  101         coordinate with his or her respective clerk of the
  102         court to obtain information of those registered voters
  103         convicted of a felony who have not had their voting
  104         rights restored; requiring a supervisor to adhere to
  105         specified procedures before the removal of a
  106         registered voter from the statewide voter registration
  107         system; providing construction; revising the notice
  108         that the supervisor provides to a potentially
  109         ineligible voter to include that he or she may be
  110         required to vote using a provisional ballot until a
  111         final determination of eligibility is made;
  112         authorizing a supervisor to post a specified notice on
  113         the county’s website or the supervisor’s website;
  114         revising criteria for the notice; requiring the
  115         supervisor to make a final determination of the
  116         voter’s eligibility within a specified timeframe and
  117         remove the name of a registered voter within a
  118         specified timeframe if the registered voter fails to
  119         respond to certain notices; requiring the supervisor
  120         to immediately make a final determination of
  121         eligibility and remove the name of a registered voter
  122         if the voter responds and admits the accuracy of the
  123         information related to his or her ineligibility;
  124         requiring the supervisor to review evidence and make a
  125         determination of eligibility within a specified
  126         timeframe if the voter responds and denies the
  127         accuracy of the information related to his or her
  128         ineligibility; requiring the supervisor to remove an
  129         ineligible voter within a specified timeframe and
  130         notify the voter that he or she has the right to
  131         appeal the determination of ineligibility; requiring
  132         the supervisor to schedule and issue notice of a
  133         hearing within a specified timeframe after receiving
  134         the voter’s hearing request; requiring that the
  135         hearing be held within a specified timeframe;
  136         requiring the department to coordinate with the
  137         supervisor to ensure that such actions and activities
  138         are conducted; conforming provisions to changes made
  139         by the act; amending s. 98.077, F.S.; deleting a
  140         reference to the department from a provision requiring
  141         correspondence to include certain information;
  142         requiring a supervisor to publish a specified notice
  143         in a newspaper, on the county’s website, or on the
  144         supervisor’s website; requiring that signature updates
  145         used to verify signatures on ballot certificates or
  146         petitions be received by the supervisor before the
  147         voter’s ballot is received, his or her provisional
  148         ballot is cast, or the petition is submitted for
  149         signature verification; requiring the supervisor to
  150         use the signature on file at the time the vote-by-mail
  151         ballot is received, the provisional ballot is cast, or
  152         the petition is reviewed; providing an exception;
  153         amending s. 98.093, F.S.; requiring the Department of
  154         Health to weekly furnish a specified list to the
  155         Department of State; requiring clerks of the circuit
  156         court to weekly furnish specified information to the
  157         supervisors; requiring the Department of Law
  158         Enforcement to identify and report specified persons
  159         to the Department of State on a weekly basis;
  160         requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review to
  161         furnish data on clemency to the Department of State on
  162         a weekly basis; requiring the Department of
  163         Corrections to identify persons convicted of a felony
  164         and committed to its custody, and to provide such
  165         information to the Department of State, on a weekly
  166         basis; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and
  167         Motor Vehicles to provide specified information to the
  168         Department of State on a weekly basis; revising
  169         construction; making technical changes; amending s.
  170         98.0981, F.S.; requiring supervisors to submit
  171         specified reports to the department within a specified
  172         timeframe; requiring supervisors to prepare a
  173         reconciliation report and submit such report to the
  174         department; providing requirements for, and the
  175         required format of, the report; revising the
  176         requirement that supervisors transmit to the
  177         department, in a specified format, the completely
  178         updated voting history information for each qualified
  179         voter who voted; defining the term “unique precinct
  180         identifier”; requiring supervisors to submit a
  181         specified geographical information system map to the
  182         department; requiring the department to submit a
  183         specified election summary report to the Legislature
  184         following the certification by the Elections
  185         Canvassing Commission of specified elections; deleting
  186         a provision detailing the file specifications;
  187         revising the timeframe for a supervisor to collect and
  188         submit to the department precinct-level election
  189         results after certification by the commission of
  190         specified elections; revising the procedures to
  191         compile such results; requiring the supervisor to
  192         research and address questions or issues identified by
  193         the department in such results; requiring submittal of
  194         amended precinct-level election results within a
  195         specified timeframe, if certain conditions exist;
  196         requiring the department to publish such results
  197         online within a specified timeframe; specifying
  198         requirements for the website; requiring that specified
  199         precinct-level statistical data contain unique
  200         precinct identifier numbers; requiring the department
  201         to adopt specified rules; amending s. 99.021, F.S.;
  202         revising the form of the candidate oath to require
  203         that candidates acknowledge certain outstanding fines,
  204         fees, or penalties related to ethics or campaign
  205         finance violations; creating s. 99.0215, F.S.;
  206         requiring a candidate to specify in the candidate’s
  207         oath the name he or she would like to have printed on
  208         the ballot, subject to specified conditions; requiring
  209         a candidate to file a specified affidavit
  210         simultaneously with the oath if the candidate wishes
  211         to use a nickname, which is subject to certain
  212         conditions; defining the term “political slogan”;
  213         prohibiting the use of a professional title or degree
  214         except in specified circumstances; amending s. 99.097,
  215         F.S.; requiring the person or organization that
  216         submits signatures for a local or statewide issue to
  217         pay the supervisor in advance for checking the
  218         signatures; making technical changes; amending s.
  219         100.342, F.S.; specifying that the notice for a
  220         special election or referendum may be published on the
  221         county’s website, the municipality’s website, or the
  222         supervisor’s website, as applicable; amending s.
  223         101.001, F.S.; revising requirements for specified
  224         maps maintained by supervisors of elections; deleting
  225         a provision requiring supervisors to provide the
  226         department certain data on precincts in the county;
  227         deleting a provision requiring the department to
  228         maintain a certain database; requiring supervisors of
  229         elections to include changes in the name of a precinct
  230         in a certain document; amending s. 101.048, F.S.;
  231         providing that specified persons are entitled to vote
  232         a provisional ballot; amending s. 101.151, F.S.;
  233         requiring that on an election ballot, under specified
  234         conditions, the word “incumbent” appear next to a
  235         candidate’s name; amending s. 101.6103, F.S.;
  236         conforming a cross-reference; making technical
  237         changes; amending s. 101.62, F.S.; specifying that a
  238         supervisor must accept requests for vote-by-mail
  239         ballots only from specified persons; requiring the
  240         department to adopt a specified rule; requiring a
  241         supervisor to cancel a request for a vote-by-mail
  242         ballot if certain mail sent by the supervisor to the
  243         voter is returned to the supervisor as undeliverable;
  244         requiring a voter who subsequently requests a vote-by
  245         mail ballot to provide or confirm his or her current
  246         residential address; requiring the supervisor to add
  247         missing information to the voter’s registration record
  248         if such information is provided in the vote-by-mail
  249         request; revising the definition of the term
  250         “immediate family”; deleting a provision requiring
  251         vote-by-mail ballot requests to be received by a
  252         specified time before the supervisor mails a vote-by
  253         mail ballot; providing the deadline for submitting a
  254         vote-by-mail ballot request; revising the means a
  255         supervisor must use to send a vote-by-mail ballot to a
  256         voter; prohibiting a supervisor from personally
  257         delivering a vote-by-mail ballot to certain voters or
  258         delivering a vote-by-mail ballot to certain voter’s
  259         designees during the mandatory early voting period or
  260         on election day, unless certain conditions exist;
  261         making technical changes; amending s. 101.657, F.S.;
  262         revising when early voting may be offered by a
  263         supervisor; amending s. 101.68, F.S.; prohibiting
  264         vote-by-mail ballots from being counted if two or more
  265         ballots arrive in one mailing envelope; conforming
  266         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
  267         101.6921, F.S.; revising applicability; conforming
  268         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
  269         101.6923, F.S.; revising applicability; requiring that
  270         a specified statement be included in a vote-by-mail
  271         ballot provided to certain voters; conforming
  272         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
  273         101.6925, F.S.; revising the deadline for a voter to
  274         make specified information available to the supervisor
  275         before a vote-by-mail ballot can be canvassed;
  276         amending s. 101.694, F.S.; conforming a cross
  277         reference; amending s. 102.111, F.S.; revising the
  278         time that the Elections Canvassing Commission meets to
  279         certify returns; amending s. 102.112, F.S.; revising
  280         the timeframe in which county returns are filed with
  281         the department; amending s. 102.141, F.S.; specifying
  282         the allowable number of certain alternate canvassing
  283         board members; requiring the supervisor to file a
  284         report with the Division of Elections within a
  285         specified timeframe; revising the requirements for the
  286         report; requiring the division to review the report
  287         and offer specified training to supervisors based on
  288         the report; requiring the department to submit an
  289         analysis of specified reports to the Governor and the
  290         Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 103.021,
  291         F.S.; revising the timeframe within which a political
  292         party executive committee must submit its presidential
  293         electors to the Governor for nomination; requiring the
  294         state executive committee of each party to include the
  295         voter registration number and contact information of
  296         such electors; requiring that electors be qualified
  297         registered voters and members of the political party
  298         for which they are named as electors; specifying that
  299         a required oath be made in writing; revising the
  300         timeframe within which the Governor must certify the
  301         electors to the department; revising the timeframe
  302         within which a minor political party must submit its
  303         list of presidential electors to the department;
  304         amending s. 103.022, F.S.; requiring certain write-in
  305         candidates to file specified information with the
  306         department; amending s. 103.091, F.S.; allowing
  307         candidates for a state or county political party
  308         executive committee to submit qualifying papers within
  309         a specified timeframe before the qualifying period;
  310         amending s. 104.18, F.S.; authorizing that a
  311         prosecution for voting more than one ballot proceed in
  312         any jurisdiction in which a ballot was willfully cast;
  313         providing that it is not necessary to prove which
  314         ballot was cast first; defining the term “willfully
  315         votes more than one ballot at any election”; amending
  316         s. 104.42, F.S.; authorizing the supervisors to report
  317         his or her findings of specified investigations to the
  318         Office of Election Crimes and Security rather than the
  319         Florida Elections Commission; creating s. 104.47,
  320         F.S.; defining the term “election worker”; prohibiting
  321         a person from intimidating, threatening, coercing,
  322         harassing, or attempting to intimidate, threaten,
  323         coerce, or harass an election worker with specified
  324         intent; providing criminal penalties; amending s.
  325         106.07, F.S.; revising reporting intervals for
  326         candidates and political committees from monthly to
  327         quarterly; preempting local governments from
  328         establishing reporting schedules that differ from
  329         those established in that section; conforming a cross
  330         reference; amending s. 106.0702, F.S.; conforming a
  331         cross-reference; amending s. 106.0703, F.S.; revising
  332         reporting intervals for electioneering communications
  333         organizations from monthly to quarterly; conforming a
  334         cross-reference; amending s. 106.08, F.S.; adding text
  335         messages to the items that do not constitute
  336         contributions to be counted toward contribution
  337         limits; creating s. 106.1436, F.S.; defining the term
  338         “voter guide”; prohibiting a person from representing
  339         that a voter guide is an official publication of a
  340         political party; providing an exception; providing
  341         disclosure requirements for such voter guides;
  342         providing criminal penalties and fines; amending s.
  343         106.265, F.S.; increasing the maximum civil fines that
  344         may be imposed for specified violations; providing
  345         that fines assessed against a political committee also
  346         attach jointly and severally to persons with control
  347         over the political committee; providing an effective
  348         date.
  349          
  350  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  351  
  352         Section 1. Subsection (17) of section 97.012, Florida
  353  Statutes, is amended to read:
  354         97.012 Secretary of State as chief election officer.—The
  355  Secretary of State is the chief election officer of the state,
  356  and it is his or her responsibility to:
  357         (17) Provide mandatory formal signature matching training
  358  to supervisors of elections and county canvassing board members.
  359  Any person whose duties require verification of signatures must
  360  undergo signature matching training. The department shall adopt
  361  rules governing signature matching procedures and training.
  362         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 97.022, Florida
  363  Statutes, is amended to read:
  364         97.022 Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation;
  365  purpose and duties.—
  366         (2) The office may review complaints and conduct
  367  preliminary investigations into alleged violations of, or any
  368  alleged election irregularity involving, the Florida Election
  369  Code or any rule adopted pursuant thereto and any election
  370  irregularities.
  371         (a)Based on the findings of its reviews and
  372  investigations, the office may make referrals for further legal
  373  action to:
  374         1.The Department of Law Enforcement, pursuant to s.
  375  102.091;
  376         2.The Office of Statewide Prosecution, pursuant to s.
  377  16.56(1)(c); or
  378         3.The state attorney with jurisdiction over the matter,
  379  pursuant to s. 27.02.
  380         (b)The statewide prosecutor receiving a complaint referred
  381  by the office shall investigate the complaint promptly and
  382  thoroughly, undertake any related criminal action as justified
  383  by law, and report to the office the results of any such
  384  investigation, any related action taken, and the final
  385  disposition of the complaint. The failure or refusal of the
  386  statewide prosecutor to prosecute or initiate action on a
  387  complaint or referral by the office or the Department of Law
  388  Enforcement does not bar further action by any other law
  389  enforcement entity with jurisdiction. This section does not
  390  limit the jurisdiction of any other unit of government from
  391  exercising its statutory or constitutional authority in the
  392  investigation or prosecution of alleged violations of the law.
  393         Section 3. Section 97.0535, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  394  read:
  395         97.0535 Special requirements for certain first-time
  396  applicants and voters certain applicants.—
  397         (1) Each applicant who registers for the first time in this
  398  state, by mail and who has never previously voted in this the
  399  state, and who the department has verified has not been issued a
  400  social security number, a current and valid Florida driver
  401  license, or a Florida identification card must, or social
  402  security number shall be required to provide a copy of a current
  403  and valid identification, as provided in paragraph (c) or
  404  paragraph (d), as applicable subsection (3), or indicate that he
  405  or she is exempt pursuant to paragraph (e) from the
  406  identification requirements prior to voting. Such identification
  407  or indication must may be provided at the time of registering,
  408  or at any time before prior to voting for the first time in this
  409  the state.
  410         (a) If the voter registration application clearly provides
  411  information from which a voter registration official can
  412  determine that the applicant meets at least one of the
  413  exemptions in paragraph (e) subsection (4), the voter
  414  registration official must shall make the notation on the
  415  registration records of the statewide voter registration system
  416  and the applicant may shall not be required to provide the
  417  identification required by this section.
  418         (b)(2)If the voter registration application does not
  419  provide information from which a voter registration official can
  420  determine that the applicant is exempt from the identification
  421  requirements of this section, the voter registration official
  422  must shall, upon accepting the voter registration application
  423  submitted pursuant to subsection (1), determine if the applicant
  424  provided the required identification at the time of registering.
  425  If the required identification was not provided, the supervisor
  426  shall notify the applicant that he or she must provide the
  427  identification before prior to voting the first time in this the
  428  state or otherwise vote provisionally.
  429         (c)(3)(a) The following forms of identification are shall
  430  be considered current and valid if they contain the name and
  431  photograph of the applicant and have not expired:
  432         1. United States passport.
  433         2. Debit or credit card.
  434         3. Military identification.
  435         4. Student identification.
  436         5. Retirement center identification.
  437         6. Neighborhood association identification.
  438         7. Public assistance identification.
  439         8. Veteran health identification card issued by the United
  440  States Department of Veterans Affairs.
  441         9. A license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm issued
  442  pursuant to s. 790.06.
  443         10. Employee identification card issued by any branch,
  444  department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government, the
  445  state, a county, or a municipality.
  446         (d)(b) The following forms of identification are shall be
  447  considered current and valid if they contain the name and
  448  current residence address of the applicant:
  449         1. Utility bill.
  450         2. Bank statement.
  451         3. Government check.
  452         4. Paycheck.
  453         5. Other government document (excluding a voter information
  454  identification card).
  455         (e)(4) The following persons are exempt from the
  456  identification requirements of this section:
  457         1.(a) Persons 65 years of age or older.
  458         2.(b) Persons with a temporary or permanent physical
  459  disability.
  460         3.(c) Members of the uniformed service on active duty who,
  461  by reason of such active duty, are absent from the county on
  462  election day.
  463         4.(d) Members of the Merchant Marine who, by reason of
  464  service in the Merchant Marine, are absent from the county on
  465  election day.
  466         5.(e) The spouse or dependent of a member referred to in
  467  subparagraph 3. or subparagraph 4. paragraph (c) or paragraph
  468  (d) who, by reason of the active duty or service of the member,
  469  is absent from the county on election day.
  470         6.(f) Persons currently residing outside the United States
  471  who are eligible to vote in Florida.
  472         (2)Each applicant who registers for the first time in this
  473  state, who has not previously voted in this state, and who the
  474  department has verified has not been issued a social security
  475  number, a current and valid Florida driver license, or a current
  476  and valid Florida identification card is required to vote in
  477  person the first time the person votes in this state. This
  478  subsection does not apply in the case of a registered voter if
  479  any of the following applies:
  480         (a)The registered voter is entitled to vote by absentee
  481  ballot under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
  482  Absentee Voting Act, Pub. L. No. 99-410.
  483         (b)The registered voter is provided the right to vote
  484  otherwise than in person under the Voting Accessibility for the
  485  Elderly and Handicapped Act, 52 U.S.C. s. 20102(b)(2)(B)(ii).
  486         (c)The registered voter is entitled to vote otherwise than
  487  in person under any other federal law.
  488         Section 4. Subsection (13) of section 97.057, Florida
  489  Statutes, is amended to read:
  490         97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway
  491  Safety and Motor Vehicles.—
  492         (13) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
  493  must assist the Department of State in regularly identifying
  494  changes in residence address on the driver license or
  495  identification card of a voter. The Department of State must
  496  report each such change to the appropriate supervisor of
  497  elections who must change the voter’s registration records in
  498  accordance with s. 98.065(4) s. 98.065(5).
  499         Section 5. Section 97.0575, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  500  read:
  501         97.0575 Third-party voter registration organizations
  502  registrations.—
  503         (1) Before engaging in any voter registration activities, a
  504  third-party voter registration organization must register and
  505  provide to the division, in an electronic format, the following
  506  information:
  507         (a) The names of the officers of the organization and the
  508  name and permanent address of the organization.
  509         (b) The name and address of the organization’s registered
  510  agent in the state.
  511         (c) The names, permanent addresses, and temporary
  512  addresses, if any, of each registration agent registering
  513  persons to vote in this state on behalf of the organization.
  514  This paragraph does not apply to persons who only solicit
  515  applications and do not collect or handle voter registration
  516  applications.
  517         (d)The specific general election cycle for which the
  518  third-party voter registration organization is registering
  519  persons to vote. This paragraph does not apply to third-party
  520  voter registration organizations that are a state or local
  521  subsidiary of a registered political party.
  522         (2) The registration of a third-party voter registration
  523  organization automatically expires at the conclusion of the
  524  specific general election cycle for which the third-party voter
  525  registration organization is registered. This subsection does
  526  not apply to third-party voter registration organizations that
  527  are a state or local subsidiary of a registered political party.
  528         (3) The division or the supervisor of elections shall make
  529  voter registration forms available to third-party voter
  530  registration organizations. All such forms must contain
  531  information identifying the organization to which the forms are
  532  provided. The division shall maintain a database of all third
  533  party voter registration organizations and the voter
  534  registration forms assigned to the third-party voter
  535  registration organization. Each supervisor of elections shall
  536  provide to the division information on voter registration forms
  537  assigned to and received from third-party voter registration
  538  organizations. The information must be provided in a format and
  539  at times as required by the division by rule. The division shall
  540  must update information on third-party voter registrations daily
  541  and make the information publicly available.
  542         (4)A third-party voter registration organization that
  543  collects voter registration applications must provide a receipt
  544  to each applicant upon accepting possession of the application.
  545  The division shall adopt by rule a uniform format for the
  546  receipt. The format must include, but need not be limited to,
  547  the name of the applicant, the date received, the name of the
  548  third-party voter registration organization, the name of the
  549  registration agent, the applicant’s political party affiliation,
  550  and the county in which the applicant resides.
  551         (5)(a)(3)(a) A third-party voter registration organization
  552  that collects voter registration applications serves as a
  553  fiduciary to the applicant and must ensure, ensuring that any
  554  voter registration application entrusted to the organization,
  555  irrespective of party affiliation, race, ethnicity, or gender,
  556  is must be promptly delivered to the division or the supervisor
  557  of elections in the county in which the applicant resides within
  558  10 14 days after the application is was completed by the
  559  applicant, but not after registration closes for the next
  560  ensuing election. If a voter registration application collected
  561  by any third-party voter registration organization is not
  562  promptly delivered to the division or supervisor of elections in
  563  the county in which the applicant resides, the third-party voter
  564  registration organization is liable for the following fines:
  565         1. A fine in the amount of $50 per each day late, up to
  566  $2,500, for each application received by the division or the
  567  supervisor of elections in the county in which the applicant
  568  resides more than 10 14 days after the applicant delivered the
  569  completed voter registration application to the third-party
  570  voter registration organization or any person, entity, or agent
  571  acting on its behalf. A fine in the amount of $2,500 $250 for
  572  each application received if the third-party voter registration
  573  organization or person, entity, or agency acting on its behalf
  574  acted willfully.
  575         2. A fine in the amount of $100 per each day late, up to
  576  $5,000, for each application collected by a third-party voter
  577  registration organization or any person, entity, or agent acting
  578  on its behalf, before book closing for any given election for
  579  federal or state office and received by the division or the
  580  supervisor of elections in the county in which the applicant
  581  resides after the book-closing deadline for such election. A
  582  fine in the amount of $5,000 $500 for each application received
  583  if the third-party voter registration organization or any
  584  person, entity, or agency acting on its behalf acted willfully.
  585         3. A fine in the amount of $500 for each application
  586  collected by a third-party voter registration organization or
  587  any person, entity, or agent acting on its behalf, which is not
  588  submitted to the division or supervisor of elections in the
  589  county in which the applicant resides. A fine in the amount of
  590  $5,000 $1,000 for any application not submitted if the third
  591  party voter registration organization or person, entity, or
  592  agency acting on its behalf acted willfully.
  593  
  594  The aggregate fine which may be assessed pursuant to this
  595  paragraph which may be assessed against a third-party voter
  596  registration organization, including affiliate organizations,
  597  for violations committed in a calendar year is $100,000 $50,000.
  598         (b) A showing by the third-party voter registration
  599  organization that the failure to deliver the voter registration
  600  application within the required timeframe is based upon force
  601  majeure or impossibility of performance shall be an affirmative
  602  defense to a violation of this subsection. The secretary may
  603  waive the fines described in this subsection upon a showing that
  604  the failure to deliver the voter registration application
  605  promptly is based upon force majeure or impossibility of
  606  performance.
  607         (6)(4) If a person collecting voter registration
  608  applications on behalf of a third-party voter registration
  609  organization alters the voter registration application of any
  610  other person, without the other person’s knowledge and consent,
  611  in violation of s. 104.012(4) and is subsequently convicted of
  612  such offense, the applicable third-party voter registration
  613  organization is liable for a fine in the amount of $5,000 $1,000
  614  for each application altered.
  615         (7)If a person collecting voter registration applications
  616  on behalf of a third-party voter registration organization
  617  copies the voter’s application or retains such personal
  618  information as the voter’s Florida driver license number,
  619  Florida identification card number, social security number, or
  620  signature for any reason other than to provide such application
  621  or information to the third-party voter registration
  622  organization, as necessary for the sole purpose of compliance
  623  with this section, the person commits a felony of the third
  624  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
  625  775.084.
  626         (8)(5) If the Secretary of State reasonably believes that a
  627  person has committed a violation of this section, the secretary
  628  may refer the matter to the Attorney General for enforcement.
  629  The Attorney General may institute a civil action for a
  630  violation of this section or to prevent a violation of this
  631  section. An action for relief may include a permanent or
  632  temporary injunction, a restraining order, or any other
  633  appropriate order.
  634         (9)(6) The division shall adopt by rule a form to elicit
  635  specific information concerning the facts and circumstances from
  636  a person who claims to have been registered to vote by a third
  637  party voter registration organization but who does not appear as
  638  an active voter on the voter registration rolls. The division
  639  shall also adopt rules to ensure the integrity of the
  640  registration process, including controls to ensure that all
  641  completed forms are promptly delivered to the division or a
  642  supervisor in the county in which the applicant resides.
  643         (10)(7) The date on which an applicant signs a voter
  644  registration application is presumed to be the date on which the
  645  third-party voter registration organization received or
  646  collected the voter registration application.
  647         (11)(8) The requirements of this section are retroactive
  648  for any third-party voter registration organization registered
  649  with the department on the effective date of this act, and must
  650  be complied with within 90 days after the department provides
  651  notice to the third-party voter registration organization of the
  652  requirements contained in this section. Failure of the third
  653  party voter registration organization to comply with the
  654  requirements within 90 days after receipt of the notice shall
  655  automatically result in the cancellation of the third-party
  656  voter registration organization’s registration.
  657         (12)A third-party voter registration organization may not
  658  mail or otherwise provide a voter registration application upon
  659  which any information about an applicant has been filled in
  660  before it is provided to the applicant. A third-party voter
  661  registration organization that violates this section is liable
  662  for a fine in the amount of $50 for each such application.
  663         Section 6. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 97.071,
  664  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  665         97.071 Voter information card.—
  666         (1) A voter information card must shall be furnished by the
  667  supervisor to all registered voters residing in the supervisor’s
  668  county. The card must contain:
  669         (a) Voter’s registration number.
  670         (b) Date of registration.
  671         (c) Full name.
  672         (d) Party affiliation.
  673         (e) Date of birth.
  674         (f) Address of legal residence.
  675         (g) Precinct number.
  676         (h) Polling place address and a link to the supervisor’s
  677  website to provide the most current polling place locations.
  678         (i) Name of supervisor and contact information of
  679  supervisor.
  680         (j) The following statement: “This card is for information
  681  purposes only. This card is proof of registration but is not
  682  legal verification of the eligibility to vote. It is the
  683  responsibility of a voter to keep his or her eligibility status
  684  current.”
  685         (k) Other information deemed necessary by the supervisor.
  686         (3) In the case of a change of name, address of legal
  687  residence, polling place address, or party affiliation, the
  688  supervisor shall issue the voter a new voter information card. A
  689  temporary change made to a polling location pursuant to ss.
  690  101.71 and 101.74 does not require the issuance of a new voter
  691  information card.
  692         Section 7. Subsections (2) through (7) of section 98.065,
  693  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  694         98.065 Registration list maintenance programs.—
  695         (2) A supervisor must incorporate one or more of the
  696  following procedures in the supervisor’s annual registration
  697  list maintenance program under which the supervisor shall:
  698         (a) Use change-of-address information supplied by the
  699  United States Postal Service through its licensees or as may be
  700  provided through the Department of State, and change of address
  701  information from any official election mailing, to identify
  702  registered voters whose addresses might have changed.
  703  Additionally, in odd-numbered years, unless the supervisor is
  704  conducting the procedure specified in paragraph (b), the
  705  supervisor must identify change-of-address information from
  706  returned nonforwardable return-if-undeliverable address
  707  confirmation requests mailed to all registered voters who have
  708  not voted in the preceding two general elections or any
  709  intervening election and who have not made a request that their
  710  registration records be updated during that time; or
  711         (b) In an odd-numbered year, identify change-of-address
  712  information from returned nonforwardable return-if-undeliverable
  713  mail sent to all registered voters in the county or identify
  714  change-of-address information from returned nonforwardable
  715  return-if-undeliverable address confirmation final notices
  716  mailed to all registered voters who have not voted in the two
  717  preceding general elections or in any intervening election and
  718  who have not requested that their registration records be
  719  updated or confirmed, including their current address, or
  720  through voter activities, such as requesting a vote-by-mail
  721  ballot or signing a candidate or state or local petition during
  722  that time.
  723         (3) Address confirmation requests sent pursuant to
  724  paragraph (2)(a) and mail sent pursuant to paragraph (b) must be
  725  addressed to the voter’s address of legal residence, not
  726  including voters temporarily residing outside the county and
  727  registered in the precinct designated by the supervisor pursuant
  728  to s. 101.045(1). If a request is returned as undeliverable, any
  729  other notification sent to the voter pursuant to subsection (5)
  730  or s. 98.0655 must be addressed to the voter’s mailing address
  731  on file, if any.
  732         (4) A registration list maintenance program must be
  733  conducted by each supervisor, at a minimum, once each year and
  734  must be completed not later than 90 days before the date of any
  735  federal election. All list maintenance actions associated with
  736  each voter must be entered, tracked, recorded, and maintained in
  737  the statewide voter registration system.
  738         (4)(a)(5)(a) If the supervisor receives change-of-address
  739  information pursuant to the activities conducted in subsection
  740  (2), from clerks of the court reporting responses to jury
  741  notices signed by the voter and returned to the courts, from the
  742  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, or from other
  743  official sources which indicate indicates that a registered
  744  voter’s legal residence might have changed to another location
  745  within this the state, the supervisor must change the
  746  registration records to reflect the new address and must send
  747  the voter an address confirmation request change notice as
  748  provided in s. 98.0655(2)(a) s. 98.0655(2).
  749         (b) If the supervisor of elections receives change-of
  750  address information pursuant to the activities conducted in
  751  subsection (2), from the clerks of the court reporting responses
  752  to jury notices signed by the voter and returned to the courts,
  753  from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles based
  754  on removal of persons from its Florida driver license and state
  755  identification card system pursuant to s. 98.093(2), or from
  756  other official sources which indicates that a registered voter’s
  757  legal residence might have changed to a location outside this
  758  the state, the supervisor of elections must shall send an
  759  address confirmation request final notice to the voter as
  760  provided in s. 98.0655(2)(a) s. 98.0655(3). If the out-of-state
  761  address information is received from a returned address
  762  confirmation final notice already sent pursuant to subsection
  763  (2), further notice is not required and the voter’s name must be
  764  placed in inactive status pursuant to paragraph (d).
  765         (c) If an address confirmation request required by
  766  subsection (2) paragraph (2)(a) is returned as undeliverable
  767  without indication of an address change, or there is no response
  768  from the voter within 30 days, or if any other nonforwardable
  769  return-if-undeliverable mail is returned as undeliverable with
  770  no indication of an address change, the supervisor must shall
  771  send an address confirmation final notice to all addresses on
  772  file for the voter, unless an address confirmation final notice
  773  has already been sent to the same address.
  774         (d) The supervisor must designate as inactive all voters
  775  who have been sent an address confirmation final notice and who
  776  have not returned the postage prepaid, preaddressed return form
  777  within 30 days or for which the final notice has been returned
  778  as undeliverable without an indication of an in-state address
  779  change. Names on the inactive list may not be used to calculate
  780  the number of signatures needed on any petition. A voter on the
  781  inactive list may be restored to the active list of voters upon
  782  certain voter activity, including the voter updating his or her
  783  registration record or confirming or updating and confirming his
  784  or her current address of legal residence by, requesting a vote
  785  by-mail ballot, by and confirming his or her current address of
  786  legal residence, or appearing to vote, or by signing a candidate
  787  or state or local petition and confirming his or her current
  788  address of legal residence. However, if the voter does not
  789  update his or her voter registration information, request a
  790  vote-by-mail ballot, or vote, or sign a candidate or state or
  791  local petition by the second general election after being placed
  792  on the inactive list, the voter’s name must shall be removed
  793  from the statewide voter registration system no later than
  794  December 31 of that year, and the voter must shall be required
  795  to reregister to have his or her name restored to the statewide
  796  voter registration system.
  797         (5)(6)An address list maintenance program under this
  798  section may not be initiated, and A notice may not be issued
  799  pursuant to this section and a voter’s name may not be removed
  800  from the statewide voter registration system during the later
  801  than 90 days before prior to the date of a federal election.
  802  However, this section does not preclude the correction or update
  803  of registration records based on information submitted by the
  804  voter, including a response to a notice, including a jury
  805  notice, or removal of the name of a voter from the statewide
  806  voter registration system at any time upon the voter’s written
  807  request, upon information received pursuant to s. 98.045(2)(b)
  808  or from an out-of-state election official that a voter has
  809  registered to vote out of state, by reason of the voter’s death,
  810  or upon a determination of the voter’s ineligibility as provided
  811  in s. 98.075(7).
  812         (6)The supervisor shall conduct at least an annual review
  813  of voter registration records to identify registration records
  814  in which a voter may be registered at an address that may not be
  815  an address of legal residence for the voter. For those
  816  registration records with such addresses that the supervisor has
  817  reasonable belief are not legal residential addresses, the
  818  supervisor shall initiate list maintenance pursuant to s.
  819  98.075(6) and (7).
  820         (7)(a) No later than July 31 and January 31 of each year,
  821  the supervisor must certify to the department the address list
  822  maintenance activities conducted during the first 6 months and
  823  the second 6 months of the year, respectively, including the
  824  number of address confirmation requests sent, the number of
  825  voters designated as inactive, and the number of voters removed
  826  from the statewide voter registration system.
  827         (b) If, based on the certification provided pursuant to
  828  paragraph (a), the department determines that a supervisor has
  829  not conducted the list maintenance activities required by this
  830  section, the department must coordinate with the supervisor to
  831  ensure that shall conduct the appropriate list maintenance
  832  activities for that county are conducted. Failure to conduct
  833  list maintenance activities as required in this section
  834  constitutes a violation of s. 104.051.
  835         Section 8. Section 98.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  836  read:
  837         98.0655 Registration list maintenance forms.—The department
  838  shall prescribe registration list maintenance forms to be used
  839  by the supervisors which must include:
  840         (1) An address confirmation request by forwardable mail,
  841  including a postage prepaid, preaddressed return form, which
  842  that must contain:
  843         (a) The voter’s name and address of legal residence as
  844  shown on the voter registration record;
  845         (b) A request that the voter notify the supervisor if
  846  either the voter’s name or address of legal residence is
  847  incorrect;
  848         (c) If the address confirmation request is required by s.
  849  98.065(2) s. 98.065(2)(a), a statement that if the voter has not
  850  changed his or her legal residence or has changed his or her
  851  legal residence within this the state, the voter should return
  852  the form within 30 days after the date on which the notice was
  853  sent to the voter; and
  854         (d) Information about updating voter information through
  855  the online voter registration system.
  856         (2)(a)An address change notice that must be sent to the
  857  newly recorded address of legal residence by forwardable mail,
  858  including a postage prepaid, preaddressed return form with which
  859  the voter may verify or correct the voter’s new address
  860  information.
  861         (3) An address confirmation request required pursuant to s.
  862  98.065(2) final notice that must be sent to the newly recorded
  863  address of legal residence, or to the most current address all
  864  addresses on file for the voter if no indication of new address
  865  has been received. The request must be sent, by forwardable mail
  866  and must contain a postage prepaid, preaddressed return form and
  867  a statement that the voter must respond within 30 days after the
  868  date on which the request was sent and confirm on the return
  869  form that the voter:
  870         1.Has not changed his or her legal residence and is
  871  reconfirming the address on record;
  872         2.Has changed his or her legal residence within this state
  873  and is providing the updated address on the return form or
  874  through the online voter registration system; or
  875         3.Has changed his or her legal residence to a location
  876  outside this state and that he or she requests removal pursuant
  877  to s. 98.045(2)
  878         (a) If the voter has not changed his or her legal residence
  879  or has changed his or her legal residence within the state, the
  880  voter should return the form within 30 days after the date on
  881  which the notice was sent to the voter.
  882         (b) If the voter has changed his or her legal residence to
  883  a location outside the state:
  884         1. The voter shall return the form, which serves as a
  885  request to be removed from the registration books; and
  886         2. The voter must shall be provided with information on how
  887  to register in the new jurisdiction in order to be eligible to
  888  vote.
  889         (c) If the return form is not returned, the voter’s name
  890  must shall be designated as inactive in the statewide voter
  891  registration system pursuant to s. 98.065, and confirmation of
  892  the voter’s address of legal residence is may be required before
  893  the voter is authorized to vote in an election.
  894         Section 9. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and subsections
  895  (3) through (8) of section 98.075, Florida Statutes, are amended
  896  to read:
  897         98.075 Registration records maintenance activities;
  898  ineligibility determinations.—
  899         (2) DUPLICATE REGISTRATION.—
  900         (c) Information received by the department from another
  901  state or the District of Columbia upon the department becoming a
  902  member of a nongovernmental entity as provided in subparagraph
  903  (b)1., which is confidential or exempt pursuant to the laws of
  904  that state or the District of Columbia, is exempt from s.
  905  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. The
  906  department shall provide such information to the supervisors to
  907  conduct registration list maintenance activities. This paragraph
  908  is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in
  909  accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2,
  910  2023, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment
  911  by the Legislature.
  912         (3) DECEASED PERSONS.—
  913         (a)1. The department shall identify those registered voters
  914  who are deceased by comparing information received from:
  915         a. The Department of Health as provided in s. 98.093;
  916         b. The United States Social Security Administration,
  917  including, but not limited to, any master death file or index
  918  compiled by the United States Social Security Administration; or
  919  and
  920         c. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
  921         2. Within 7 days after receipt of such information through
  922  the statewide voter registration system, the supervisor shall
  923  remove the name of the registered voter.
  924         (b) The supervisor shall remove the name of a deceased
  925  registered voter from the statewide voter registration system
  926  within 7 days after receipt of:
  927         1.upon receipt of A copy of a death certificate issued by
  928  a governmental agency authorized to issue death certificates;
  929  or.
  930         2.Information on the death of the registered voter
  931  received from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
  932  Vehicles.
  933         (4) ADJUDICATION OF MENTAL INCAPACITY.—The department shall
  934  identify those registered voters who have been adjudicated
  935  mentally incapacitated with respect to voting and who have not
  936  had their voting rights restored by comparing information
  937  received from the clerk of the circuit court as provided in s.
  938  98.093. The department shall review such information and make an
  939  initial determination as to whether the information is credible
  940  and reliable. If the department determines that the information
  941  is credible and reliable, the department must shall notify the
  942  supervisor and provide a copy of the supporting documentation
  943  indicating the potential ineligibility of the voter to be
  944  registered. Upon receipt of the notice that the department has
  945  made a determination of initial credibility and reliability, the
  946  supervisor shall adhere to the procedures set forth in
  947  subsection (7) before prior to the removal of a registered voter
  948  from the statewide voter registration system.
  949         (5) FELONY CONVICTION.—
  950         (a) The department shall identify those registered voters
  951  who have been convicted of a felony and whose voting rights have
  952  not been restored by comparing information received from, but
  953  not limited to, a clerk of the circuit court, the Board of
  954  Executive Clemency, the Department of Corrections, the
  955  Department of Law Enforcement, or a United States Attorney’s
  956  Office, as provided in s. 98.093. The department shall review
  957  such information and make an initial determination as to whether
  958  the information is credible and reliable. If the department
  959  determines that the information is credible and reliable, the
  960  department must shall notify the supervisor and provide a copy
  961  of the supporting documentation indicating the potential
  962  ineligibility of the voter to be registered. Upon receipt of the
  963  notice that the department has made a determination of initial
  964  credibility and reliability, the supervisor shall adhere to the
  965  procedures set forth in subsection (7) before prior to the
  966  removal of a registered voter’s name from the statewide voter
  967  registration system.
  968         (b)The supervisors shall coordinate with their respective
  969  clerks of the court to obtain information pursuant to s. 98.093
  970  to identify registered voters within their respective
  971  jurisdictions who have been convicted of a felony during the
  972  preceding week and whose right to vote has not been restored.
  973  The supervisor shall adhere to the procedures set forth in
  974  subsection (7) before the removal of a registered voter’s name
  975  from the statewide voter registration system.
  976         (6) OTHER BASES FOR INELIGIBILITY.—Subsections (2)-(5) do
  977  not limit or restrict the department or the supervisor in his or
  978  her duty to act upon direct receipt of, access to, or knowledge
  979  of any official information from any source that identifies a
  980  registered voter as potentially ineligible. If the department or
  981  supervisor receives official information from sources other than
  982  those identified in subsections (2)-(5) that a registered voter
  983  is ineligible because the voter he or she is deceased,
  984  adjudicated a convicted felon without having had his or her
  985  voting rights restored, adjudicated mentally incapacitated
  986  without having had his or her voting rights restored, does not
  987  meet the age requirement pursuant to s. 97.041, is not a United
  988  States citizen, is a fictitious person, or has listed an address
  989  a residence that is not his or her legal residence or an address
  990  of legal residence, the supervisor must adhere to the procedures
  991  set forth in subsection (7) before prior to the removal of a
  992  registered voter’s name who is determined to be ineligible from
  993  the statewide voter registration system.
  994         (7) PROCEDURES FOR REMOVAL.—
  995         (a) If the supervisor receives notice or information
  996  pursuant to subsections (4)-(6), the supervisor of the county in
  997  which the voter is registered must shall:
  998         1. Notify the registered voter of his or her potential
  999  ineligibility by mail within 7 days after receipt of notice or
 1000  information. The notice must shall include:
 1001         a. A statement of the basis for the registered voter’s
 1002  potential ineligibility and a copy of any documentation upon
 1003  which the potential ineligibility is based. Such documentation
 1004  must include any conviction from another jurisdiction determined
 1005  to be a similar offense to murder or a felony sexual offense, as
 1006  those terms are defined in s. 98.0751.
 1007         b. A statement that failure to respond within 30 days after
 1008  receipt of the notice may result in a determination of
 1009  ineligibility and in removal of the registered voter’s name from
 1010  the statewide voter registration system.
 1011         c. A return form that requires the registered voter to
 1012  admit or deny the accuracy of the information underlying the
 1013  potential ineligibility for purposes of a final determination by
 1014  the supervisor.
 1015         d. A statement that, if the voter is denying the accuracy
 1016  of the information underlying the potential ineligibility, the
 1017  voter has a right to request a hearing for the purpose of
 1018  determining eligibility.
 1019         e. Instructions for the registered voter to contact the
 1020  supervisor of elections of the county in which the voter is
 1021  registered if assistance is needed in resolving the matter.
 1022         f. Instructions for seeking restoration of civil rights
 1023  pursuant to s. 8, Art. IV of the State Constitution and
 1024  information explaining voting rights restoration pursuant to s.
 1025  4, Art. VI of the State Constitution following a felony
 1026  conviction, if applicable.
 1027         g.A statement that the voter may be required to vote a
 1028  provisional ballot until a final determination of eligibility is
 1029  made.
 1030         2. If the mailed notice is returned as undeliverable, the
 1031  supervisor must, within 7 days after receiving the returned
 1032  notice, either publish shall publish notice once in a newspaper
 1033  of general circulation in the county in which the voter was last
 1034  registered or publish notice on the county’s website as may be
 1035  allowed pursuant to s. 50.0311, or on the supervisor’s website,
 1036  as deemed appropriate by the supervisor. The notice must shall
 1037  contain the following:
 1038         a. The voter’s name and address.
 1039         b. A statement that the voter is potentially ineligible to
 1040  be registered to vote.
 1041         c. A statement that failure to respond within 30 days after
 1042  the notice is published may result in a determination of
 1043  ineligibility by the supervisor and removal of the registered
 1044  voter’s name from the statewide voter registration system.
 1045         d. An instruction for the voter to contact the supervisor
 1046  no later than 30 days after the date of the published notice to
 1047  receive information regarding the basis for the potential
 1048  ineligibility and the procedure to resolve the matter.
 1049         e. An instruction to the voter that, if further assistance
 1050  is needed, the voter should contact the supervisor of elections
 1051  of the county in which the voter is registered.
 1052         f.A statement that, if the voter denies the accuracy of
 1053  the information underlying the potential ineligibility, the
 1054  voter has a right to request a hearing for the purpose of
 1055  determining eligibility.
 1056         g.A statement that the voter may be required to vote a
 1057  provisional ballot until a final determination of eligibility is
 1058  made.
 1059         3. If a registered voter fails to respond to a notice
 1060  pursuant to subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2., the supervisor
 1061  must shall make a final determination of the voter’s eligibility
 1062  within 7 days. If the supervisor determines that the voter is
 1063  ineligible, the supervisor must shall remove the name of the
 1064  registered voter from the statewide voter registration system
 1065  within 7 days. The supervisor shall notify the registered voter
 1066  of the supervisor’s determination and action.
 1067         4. If a registered voter responds to the notice pursuant to
 1068  subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. and admits the accuracy of
 1069  the information underlying the potential ineligibility, the
 1070  supervisor must immediately shall make a final determination of
 1071  ineligibility and shall remove the voter’s name from the
 1072  statewide voter registration system. The supervisor shall notify
 1073  the registered voter of the supervisor’s determination and
 1074  action.
 1075         5. If a registered voter responds to the notice issued
 1076  pursuant to subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. and denies the
 1077  accuracy of the information underlying the potential
 1078  ineligibility but does not request a hearing, the supervisor
 1079  must shall review the evidence and make a final determination of
 1080  eligibility no later than 30 days after receiving the response
 1081  from the voter. If the supervisor determines that the registered
 1082  voter is ineligible, the supervisor must remove the voter’s name
 1083  from the statewide voter registration system upon such
 1084  determination and notify the registered voter of the
 1085  supervisor’s determination and action and that the removed voter
 1086  has a right to appeal a determination of ineligibility pursuant
 1087  to s. 98.0755. If such registered voter requests a hearing, the
 1088  supervisor must shall send notice to the registered voter to
 1089  attend a hearing at a time and place specified in the notice.
 1090  The supervisor shall schedule and issue notice for the hearing
 1091  within 7 days after receiving the voter’s request for a hearing
 1092  and shall hold the hearing no later than 30 days after issuing
 1093  the notice of the hearing. Upon hearing all evidence presented
 1094  at the hearing, the supervisor shall make a determination of
 1095  eligibility within 7 days. If the supervisor determines that the
 1096  registered voter is ineligible, the supervisor must shall remove
 1097  the voter’s name from the statewide voter registration system
 1098  and notify the registered voter of the supervisor’s
 1099  determination and action and that the removed voter has a right
 1100  to appeal a determination of ineligibility pursuant to s.
 1101  98.0755.
 1102         (b) The following shall apply to this subsection:
 1103         1. All determinations of eligibility must shall be based on
 1104  a preponderance of the evidence.
 1105         2. All proceedings are exempt from the provisions of
 1106  chapter 120.
 1107         3. Any notice must shall be sent to the registered voter by
 1108  certified mail, return receipt requested, or other means that
 1109  provides a verification of receipt or must shall be published in
 1110  a newspaper of general circulation where the voter was last
 1111  registered, whichever is applicable.
 1112         4. The supervisor shall remove the name of any registered
 1113  voter from the statewide voter registration system only after
 1114  the supervisor makes a final determination that the voter is
 1115  ineligible to vote.
 1116         5. Any voter whose name has been removed from the statewide
 1117  voter registration system pursuant to a determination of
 1118  ineligibility may appeal that determination under the provisions
 1119  of s. 98.0755.
 1120         6. Any voter whose name was removed from the statewide
 1121  voter registration system on the basis of a determination of
 1122  ineligibility who subsequently becomes eligible to vote must
 1123  reregister in order to have his or her name restored to the
 1124  statewide voter registration system.
 1125         (8) CERTIFICATION.—
 1126         (a) No later than July 31 and January 31 of each year, the
 1127  supervisor shall certify to the department that the supervisor
 1128  has the activities conducted the activities required pursuant to
 1129  this section during the first 6 months and the second 6 months
 1130  of the year, respectively. The certification must shall include
 1131  the number of persons to whom notices were sent pursuant to
 1132  subsection (7), the number of persons who responded to the
 1133  notices, the number of notices returned as undeliverable, the
 1134  number of notices published in the newspaper, the number of
 1135  hearings conducted, and the number of persons removed from the
 1136  statewide voter registration system systems and the reasons for
 1137  such removals.
 1138         (b) If, based on the certification provided pursuant to
 1139  paragraph (a), the department determines that a supervisor has
 1140  not satisfied the requirements of this section, the department
 1141  must coordinate with the supervisor to ensure that shall satisfy
 1142  the appropriate list maintenance activities requirements for
 1143  that county are conducted. Failure to satisfy the requirements
 1144  of this section constitutes shall constitute a violation of s.
 1145  104.051.
 1146         Section 10. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
 1147  98.077, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1148         98.077 Update of voter signature.—
 1149         (2) The department and supervisors of elections shall
 1150  include in any correspondence, other than postcard notifications
 1151  and notices relating to eligibility, sent to a registered voter
 1152  information regarding when, where, and how to update the voter’s
 1153  signature and shall provide the voter information on how to
 1154  obtain a voter registration application from a voter
 1155  registration official which can be returned to update the
 1156  signature.
 1157         (3) At least once during each general election year before
 1158  the presidential preference primary or the primary election,
 1159  whichever occurs first, the supervisor shall publish in a
 1160  newspaper of general circulation or other newspaper in the
 1161  county or on the county’s website as may be allowed pursuant to
 1162  s. 50.0311 or on the supervisor’s website, as deemed appropriate
 1163  by the supervisor, a notice specifying when, where, or how a
 1164  voter can update his or her signature that is on file and how a
 1165  voter can obtain a voter registration application from a voter
 1166  registration official.
 1167         (4) Except as authorized in ss. 101.048 and 101.68:
 1168         (a) All signature updates for use in verifying vote-by-mail
 1169  voter certificates, and provisional ballot voter certificates,
 1170  or petitions ballots must be received by the appropriate
 1171  supervisor before the voter’s elector’s ballot is received by
 1172  the supervisor or, in the case of provisional ballots, before
 1173  the voter’s elector’s ballot is cast or, in the case of a
 1174  petition, before the petition is submitted for signature
 1175  verification.
 1176         (b) The signature on file at the time the vote-by-mail
 1177  ballot is received, or at the time the provisional ballot is
 1178  cast, or at the time a petition is reviewed is the signature
 1179  that must shall be used in verifying the signature on the vote
 1180  by-mail voter certificates, and provisional ballot voter
 1181  certificates, or petitions, respectively. For signatures
 1182  requiring secondary or tertiary review, older signatures from
 1183  previous registration updates may be used.
 1184         Section 11. Section 98.093, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1185  read:
 1186         98.093 Duty of officials to furnish information relating to
 1187  deceased persons, persons adjudicated mentally incapacitated,
 1188  persons convicted of a felony, and persons who are not United
 1189  States citizens.—
 1190         (1) DUTIES.—In order to identify ineligible registered
 1191  voters and maintain accurate and current voter registration
 1192  records in the statewide voter registration system pursuant to
 1193  procedures in s. 98.065 or s. 98.075, it is necessary for the
 1194  department and supervisors of elections to receive or access
 1195  certain information from state and federal officials and
 1196  entities in the format prescribed.
 1197         (2) To the maximum extent feasible, state and local
 1198  government agencies shall facilitate provision of information
 1199  and access to data to the department, including, but not limited
 1200  to, databases that contain reliable criminal records and records
 1201  of deceased persons. State and local government agencies that
 1202  provide such data must shall do so without charge if the direct
 1203  cost incurred by those agencies is not significant.
 1204         (2)(a)DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.—The Department of Health shall
 1205  furnish weekly monthly to the department a list containing the
 1206  name, address, date of birth, date of death, social security
 1207  number, race, and sex of each deceased person 17 years of age or
 1208  older whose death was reported during the preceding week.
 1209         (3)(b)CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT.—Each clerk of the
 1210  circuit court shall furnish on a weekly basis to the supervisors
 1211  in their respective jurisdiction the following information
 1212  monthly to the department:
 1213         (a)1.Information identifying A list of those persons who
 1214  have been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to
 1215  voting during the preceding week and calendar month, a list of
 1216  those persons whose mental capacity with respect to voting has
 1217  been restored during the preceding week. The information must
 1218  include each person’s name; address; date of birth; race; sex;
 1219  and, if available, his or her Florida driver license number or
 1220  Florida identification card number or the last four digits of
 1221  his or her social security number. The clerk shall provide the
 1222  information to the department to assist a supervisor in
 1223  identifying registered voters in his or her county who are
 1224  adjudicated mentally incapacitated outside of his or her county
 1225  pursuant to s. 98.075(4).
 1226         (b)Information identifying calendar month, and a list of
 1227  those persons who have responded to returned signed jury notices
 1228  during the preceding week from months to the clerk of the
 1229  circuit court whose response indicated indicating a change of
 1230  address. The information must Each list shall include each
 1231  person’s the name;, address;, date of birth;, race;, sex;, and,
 1232  if whichever is available, the Florida driver license number or,
 1233  Florida identification card number, or the last four digits of
 1234  his or her social security number of each such person.
 1235         (c)2. Information on the terms of sentence for felony
 1236  convictions, including any financial obligations for court
 1237  costs, fees, and fines, of all persons listed in the clerk’s
 1238  records whose last known address in the clerk’s records is
 1239  within this state and who have been convicted of a felony during
 1240  the preceding week month. The information may be provided to the
 1241  supervisor directly by individual clerks of the circuit court or
 1242  may be provided on their behalf through the Comprehensive Case
 1243  Information System. For each felony conviction reported, the
 1244  information must include:
 1245         1.a. The full name;, last known address;, date of birth;,
 1246  race;, sex;, and, if available, the Florida driver license
 1247  number or Florida identification card number, as applicable;,
 1248  and the last four digits of the social security number of the
 1249  person convicted.
 1250         2.b. The amounts of all financial obligations, including
 1251  restitution and court costs, fees, and fines, and, if known, the
 1252  amount of financial obligations not yet satisfied.
 1253         3.c. The county in which the conviction occurred.
 1254         4.d. The statute number violated, statute table text, date
 1255  of conviction, and case number.
 1256         (4)(c)UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—Upon receipt of information
 1257  from the United States Attorney, listing persons convicted of a
 1258  felony in federal court, the department shall use such
 1259  information to identify registered voters or applicants for
 1260  voter registration who may be potentially ineligible based on
 1261  information provided in accordance with s. 98.075.
 1262         (5)(d)DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.—The Department of Law
 1263  Enforcement shall identify and report to the department at least
 1264  weekly those persons who have been convicted of a felony during
 1265  the preceding week who appear in the voter registration records
 1266  supplied by the statewide voter registration system, in a time
 1267  and manner that enables the department to meet its obligations
 1268  under state and federal law.
 1269         (6)(e)FLORIDA COMMISSION ON OFFENDER REVIEW.—The Florida
 1270  Commission on Offender Review shall furnish at least weekly
 1271  bimonthly to the department data, including the identity of
 1272  those persons granted clemency in the preceding month or any
 1273  updates to prior records which have occurred in the preceding
 1274  month. The data must shall contain the commission’s case number
 1275  and the person’s name, address, date of birth, race, gender,
 1276  Florida driver license number, Florida identification card
 1277  number, or the last four digits of the social security number,
 1278  if available, and references to record identifiers assigned by
 1279  the Department of Corrections and the Department of Law
 1280  Enforcement, a unique identifier of each clemency case, and the
 1281  effective date of clemency of each person.
 1282         (7)(f)DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.—The Department of
 1283  Corrections shall identify and report to the department at least
 1284  weekly those persons who have been convicted of a felony and
 1285  committed to its custody or placed on community supervision
 1286  during the preceding week. The information must be provided to
 1287  the department at a time and in a manner that enables the
 1288  department to identify registered voters who are convicted
 1289  felons and to meet its obligations under state and federal law.
 1290         (8)(g)DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES.—The
 1291  Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall furnish
 1292  weekly monthly to the department:
 1293         (a)1.Information identifying A list of those persons whose
 1294  names have been removed from the Florida driver license or
 1295  Florida identification card database during the preceding week
 1296  because they have been licensed or been issued an identification
 1297  card in another state. The information list must contain the
 1298  person’s name, last known Florida address, out-of-state address,
 1299  date of birth, sex, last four digits of his or her social
 1300  security number, and Florida driver license number or Florida
 1301  identification card number and, if available, the address and
 1302  the state in which the person is now licensed of each such
 1303  person.
 1304         (b)2.Information identifying A list of those persons who
 1305  during the preceding week presented evidence of non-United
 1306  States citizenship upon being issued a new or renewed Florida
 1307  driver license or Florida identification card. The information
 1308  list must contain the person’s name; address; date of birth;
 1309  last four digits of the; social security number, if applicable;
 1310  and Florida driver license number or Florida identification card
 1311  number, as available applicable; and alien registration number
 1312  or other legal status identifier, of each such person.
 1313         (c)Information identifying those persons for which it has
 1314  received official information during the preceding week that the
 1315  person is deceased. The information must contain the name,
 1316  address, date of birth, last four digits of the social security
 1317  number, Florida driver license number or Florida identification
 1318  card number, source containing information on the deceased, and
 1319  date of death of each such person.
 1320         (9)(3)CONSTRUCTION.—This section does not limit or
 1321  restrict the supervisor in his or her duty to act upon direct
 1322  receipt of, access to, or knowledge of credible and reliable
 1323  information from these and other official sources that identify
 1324  a registered voter as potentially ineligible and to initiate
 1325  removal of remove the name of the registered voter who is
 1326  determined to be ineligible names of persons from the statewide
 1327  voter registration system pursuant to s. 98.075(7) based upon
 1328  information received from other sources.
 1329         Section 12. Section 98.0981, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1330  to read:
 1331         98.0981 Reports; voting history; statewide voter
 1332  registration system information; precinct-level election
 1333  results; book closing statistics; live turnout data.—
 1334         (1) VOTING HISTORY AND STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM
 1335  INFORMATION.—Each supervisor shall submit the reports required
 1336  by this subsection to the department no later than 20 days after
 1337  the Elections Canvassing Commission certifies the results of an
 1338  election.
 1339         (a) Reconciliation.For each presidential preference
 1340  primary election, special primary election, special election,
 1341  primary election, and general election, the supervisor shall
 1342  reconcile the aggregate total of ballots cast in each precinct
 1343  to the aggregate number of voters with voter history pursuant to
 1344  paragraph (b) and the precinct-level election results pursuant
 1345  to subsection (3) and submit a reconciliation report. The report
 1346  must be submitted to the department in an electronic format
 1347  pursuant to file format and specifications set forth in rule.
 1348  The report must include a written explanation if the
 1349  reconciliation results in a discrepancy between the voter
 1350  history and the election results.
 1351         (b)Voting history.—For each Within 30 days after
 1352  certification by the Elections Canvassing Commission of a
 1353  presidential preference primary, special election, special
 1354  primary election, primary election, or general election, as
 1355  applicable, supervisors of elections shall transmit completely
 1356  updated voting history information for each qualified voter to
 1357  the department. Such information must be provided, in a uniform
 1358  electronic format pursuant to file specifications adopted by the
 1359  department by rule. The voting history information must include:
 1360  specified in paragraph (d), completely updated voting history
 1361  information for each qualified voter who voted
 1362         1.The unique identifier assigned to each qualified voter
 1363  within the statewide voter registration system;
 1364         2.Each qualified voter’s unique precinct identifier at the
 1365  time of voting. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
 1366  “unique precinct identifier” means an alphanumeric code
 1367  containing no more than six characters representing the precinct
 1368  name or number; and
 1369         3.Specifics as to voting history, including whether the
 1370  qualified voter voted a regular ballot at a precinct location,
 1371  voted at a precinct location using a provisional ballot that was
 1372  subsequently counted, voted by vote-by-mail ballot, attempted to
 1373  vote by a timely received vote-by-mail ballot that was not
 1374  counted, attempted to vote by a vote-by-mail ballot that was
 1375  received untimely, attempted to vote by provisional ballot that
 1376  was not counted, or did not vote.
 1377         (c)Precinct boundaries.—For each presidential preference
 1378  primary election, special primary election, special election,
 1379  primary election, and general election, the supervisor shall
 1380  submit to the department the geographical information system map
 1381  of precinct boundaries created and maintained pursuant to s.
 1382  101.001 for the applicable election.
 1383         (2)(b)LEGISLATIVE REPORT.—
 1384         (a)Specifications.After receipt of the information in
 1385  paragraph (a), The department shall prepare an election summary
 1386  compiled for a presidential preference primary election, special
 1387  primary election, special election, primary election, or general
 1388  election, as applicable, a report in an electronic format which
 1389  contains the following information, separately compiled for the
 1390  primary and general election for all voters qualified to vote in
 1391  either election:
 1392         1. The voting history information as transmitted under
 1393  paragraph (1)(b) and the precinct boundaries as transmitted
 1394  under paragraph (1)(c) unique identifier assigned to each
 1395  qualified voter within the statewide voter registration system;
 1396         2. All information provided by each qualified voter on his
 1397  or her voter registration application pursuant to s. 97.052(2),
 1398  except that which is confidential or exempt from public records
 1399  requirements;
 1400         3. Each qualified voter’s date of registration; and
 1401         4. Each qualified voter’s current state representative
 1402  district, state senatorial district, and congressional district,
 1403  county commission district, and school board district at the
 1404  time of voting, assigned by the supervisor of elections;
 1405         5. Each qualified voter’s current precinct; and
 1406         6. Voting history as transmitted under paragraph (a) to
 1407  include whether the qualified voter voted at a precinct
 1408  location, voted during the early voting period, voted by vote
 1409  by-mail ballot, attempted to vote by vote-by-mail ballot that
 1410  was not counted, attempted to vote by provisional ballot that
 1411  was not counted, or did not vote.
 1412         (b)(c)Submission.Within 60 business 45 days after
 1413  certification by the Elections Canvassing Commission certifies
 1414  of a presidential preference primary, special election, primary
 1415  election, or general election, the department shall submit send
 1416  to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
 1417  Representatives, the Senate Minority Leader, and the House
 1418  Minority Leader an election summary a report in electronic
 1419  format that includes all information set forth in paragraph (a)
 1420  (b).
 1421         (d) File specifications are as follows:
 1422         1. The file shall contain records designated by the
 1423  categories below for all qualified voters who, regardless of the
 1424  voter’s county of residence or active or inactive registration
 1425  status at the book closing for the corresponding election that
 1426  the file is being created for:
 1427         a. Voted a regular ballot at a precinct location.
 1428         b. Voted at a precinct location using a provisional ballot
 1429  that was subsequently counted.
 1430         c. Voted a regular ballot during the early voting period.
 1431         d. Voted during the early voting period using a provisional
 1432  ballot that was subsequently counted.
 1433         e. Voted by vote-by-mail ballot.
 1434         f. Attempted to vote by vote-by-mail ballot, but the ballot
 1435  was not counted.
 1436         g. Attempted to vote by provisional ballot, but the ballot
 1437  was not counted in that election.
 1438         2. Each file shall be created or converted into a tab
 1439  delimited format.
 1440         3. File names shall adhere to the following convention:
 1441         a. Three-character county identifier as established by the
 1442  department followed by an underscore.
 1443         b. Followed by four-character file type identifier of
 1444  “VHO3” followed by an underscore.
 1445         c. Followed by FVRS election ID followed by an underscore.
 1446         d. Followed by Date Created followed by an underscore.
 1447         e. Date format is YYYYMMDD.
 1448         f. Followed by Time Created - HHMMSS.
 1449         g. Followed by “.txt”.
 1450         4. Each record shall contain the following columns: Record
 1451  Identifier, FVRS Voter ID Number, FVRS Election ID Number, Vote
 1452  Date, Vote History Code, Precinct, Congressional District, House
 1453  District, Senate District, County Commission District, and
 1454  School Board District.
 1455         (e) Each supervisor of elections shall reconcile, before
 1456  submission, the aggregate total of ballots cast in each precinct
 1457  as reported in the precinct-level election results to the
 1458  aggregate total number of voters with voter history for the
 1459  election for each district.
 1460         (f) Each supervisor of elections shall submit the results
 1461  of the data reconciliation as described in paragraph (e) to the
 1462  department in an electronic format and give a written
 1463  explanation for any precincts where the reconciliation as
 1464  described in paragraph (e) results in a discrepancy between the
 1465  voter history and the election results.
 1466         (3)(2) PRECINCT-LEVEL ELECTION RESULTS.—
 1467         (a)1. Within 10 business 30 days after certification by the
 1468  Elections Canvassing Commission certifies of a presidential
 1469  preference primary election, special election, special primary
 1470  election, primary election, or general election, as applicable,
 1471  the supervisors of elections shall collect and submit to the
 1472  department precinct-level election results for the election in a
 1473  uniform electronic format specified by paragraph (c). The
 1474  precinct-level election results shall be compiled separately for
 1475  the primary or special primary election that preceded the
 1476  general or special general election, respectively. The results
 1477  must shall specifically include for each precinct the total of
 1478  all ballots cast for each candidate or nominee to fill a
 1479  national, state, county, or district office or proposed
 1480  constitutional amendment, with subtotals for each candidate and
 1481  ballot type. When one or more ballot types, alternatively known
 1482  as counting groups, in a race or issue have fewer than 30 voters
 1483  voting on the ballot, the ballot type must be reported as zero
 1484  except for the “total votes” counting group for that precinct.
 1485  Ballot types or counting groups include election day, early
 1486  voting, vote-by-mail, provisional voting, and total votes
 1487  However, ballot type or precinct subtotals in a race or question
 1488  having fewer than 30 voters voting on the ballot type or in the
 1489  precinct may not be reported in precinct results. For purposes
 1490  of this paragraph, the term “all ballots cast” means ballots
 1491  cast by voters who cast a ballot, whether at a precinct
 1492  location;, by vote-by-mail ballot, including overseas vote-by
 1493  mail ballots;, during the early voting period;, or by
 1494  provisional ballot.
 1495         2.Upon request from the department, a supervisor must
 1496  research and address as appropriate any questions or issues
 1497  identified by the department pertaining to the precinct-level
 1498  election results. If the information as originally submitted is
 1499  changed or corrected, the supervisor must respond and provide an
 1500  amended precinct-level election results file no later than 10
 1501  business days after the request from the department.
 1502         (b) The department shall make such information available
 1503  online no later than 60 business days after the Elections
 1504  Canvassing Commission certifies the presidential preference
 1505  primary election, special primary election, special election,
 1506  primary election, or general election, as applicable. The
 1507  website containing the information must include on a searchable,
 1508  sortable, and downloadable database via its website that also
 1509  includes the file layout and codes. The information must
 1510  database shall be searchable and sortable by county, precinct,
 1511  and candidate;. The must database shall be downloadable in a
 1512  tab-delimited format; and must. The database shall be available
 1513  for download county-by-county and also as a statewide file. Such
 1514  report shall also be made available upon request.
 1515         (c) The files containing the precinct-level election
 1516  results must shall be created in accordance with the applicable
 1517  file specification as set forth in rule. The rule must provide,
 1518  at a minimum, that:
 1519         1. The precinct-level results file shall be created or
 1520  converted into a tab-delimited text file.
 1521         2. The row immediately before the first data record shall
 1522  contain the column names of the data elements that make up the
 1523  data records. There shall be one header record followed by
 1524  multiple data records.
 1525         3. the data records shall include the following columns:
 1526  County Name, Election Number, Election Date, Unique Precinct
 1527  Identifier, Precinct Polling Location, Total Registered Voters,
 1528  Total Registered Republicans, Total Registered Democrats, Total
 1529  Registered All Other Parties, Contest Name,
 1530  Candidate/Retention/Issue Name, Candidate Florida Voter
 1531  Registration System ID Number, Division of Elections Unique
 1532  Candidate Identifying Number, Candidate Party, District,
 1533  Undervote Total, Overvote Total, Write-in Total, and Vote Total.
 1534  For purposes of this paragraph, the term “unique precinct
 1535  identifier” means an alphanumeric code containing no more than
 1536  six characters representing the precinct name or number.
 1537         (4)(3) PRECINCT-LEVEL BOOK CLOSING STATISTICS.—No later
 1538  than 10 days after the date of book closing for but before the
 1539  date of an election as defined in s. 97.021 to fill a national,
 1540  state, county, or district office, or to vote on a proposed
 1541  constitutional amendment, the department shall compile and make
 1542  available the following precinct-level statistical data for each
 1543  county:
 1544         (a) Unique precinct identifier numbers. For purposes of
 1545  this subsection, the term “unique precinct identifier” means an
 1546  alphanumeric code containing no more than six characters
 1547  representing the precinct name or number.
 1548         (b) Total number of active registered voters by party for
 1549  each precinct.
 1550         (5)(4) LIVE TURNOUT DATA.—On election day, each supervisor
 1551  of elections shall make live voter turnout data, updated at
 1552  least once per hour, available on his or her website. Each
 1553  supervisor shall transmit the live voter turnout data to the
 1554  division, which must create and maintain a real-time statewide
 1555  turnout dashboard that is available for viewing by the public on
 1556  the division’s website as the data becomes available.
 1557         (6)(5) REPORTS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—The department shall
 1558  also make publicly available the reports and results required in
 1559  subsections (1)-(4) (1)-(3).
 1560         (7)(6) RULEMAKING.—The department shall adopt rules and
 1561  prescribe forms to carry out the purposes of this section.
 1562         Section 13. Present paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of
 1563  section 99.021, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
 1564  (e), and a new paragraph (d) is added to that subsection, to
 1565  read:
 1566         99.021 Form of candidate oath.—
 1567         (1)
 1568         (d)In addition, each candidate, whether a party candidate,
 1569  a candidate with no party affiliation, or a write-in candidate,
 1570  shall, at the time of subscribing to the oath or affirmation,
 1571  state in writing whether he or she owes any outstanding fines,
 1572  fees, or penalties that cumulatively exceed $250 for any
 1573  violations of s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution, the Code
 1574  of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees under part III of
 1575  chapter 112, any local ethics ordinance governing standards of
 1576  conduct and disclosure requirements, or chapter 106. If the
 1577  candidate owes any outstanding fines, fees, or penalties
 1578  exceeding the threshold amount specified in this paragraph, he
 1579  or she must also specify the amount owed and each entity that
 1580  levied such fine, fee, or penalty. For purposes of this
 1581  paragraph, any such fines, fees, or penalties that have been
 1582  paid in full at the time of subscribing to the oath or
 1583  affirmation are not deemed to be outstanding.
 1584         Section 14. Section 99.0215, Florida Statutes, is created
 1585  to read:
 1586         99.0215 Name of candidate.—
 1587         (1)Each candidate shall designate in the oath or
 1588  affirmation specified in s. 99.021 the name that he or she
 1589  wishes to have printed on the ballot, or in the case of a write
 1590  in candidate, the name that he or she wishes to have voters
 1591  write in on the ballot when voting for him or her. Such
 1592  designation must include the candidate’s legal given name or
 1593  names, a shortened form of the candidate’s legal given name or
 1594  names, an initial or initials of the candidate’s legal given
 1595  name or names, or a bona fide nickname customarily related to
 1596  the candidate and by which the candidate is commonly known,
 1597  immediately followed by the candidate’s legal surname. If
 1598  applicable, a candidate may place one of the following
 1599  designations after the legal surname: “Sr.,” “Jr.,” or a
 1600  numerical designation such as “II.”
 1601         (2)If a candidate wishes to designate a nickname, the
 1602  candidate must file an affidavit that must be verified under
 1603  oath or affirmation pursuant to s. 92.525(1)(a), attesting that
 1604  the nickname complies with the requirements of this section. The
 1605  affidavit must be filed simultaneously with the oath or
 1606  affirmation specified in s. 99.021. Any nickname designated by a
 1607  candidate may not be used to mislead voters. A candidate may not
 1608  designate a nickname that implies the candidate is some other
 1609  person, that constitutes a political slogan or otherwise
 1610  associates the candidate with a cause or issue, or that is
 1611  obscene or profane. For purposes of this subsection, the term
 1612  “political slogan” means any word or words expressing or
 1613  connoting a position, opinion, or belief that the candidate may
 1614  espouse, including, but not limited to, any word or words
 1615  conveying any meaning other than that of the general identity of
 1616  the candidate.
 1617         (3)Unless a candidate has the same name as, or a name
 1618  similar to, one or more candidates for the same office, an
 1619  educational or professional title or degree may not be added to
 1620  his or her name designation.
 1621         Section 15. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 99.097,
 1622  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1623         99.097 Verification of signatures on petitions.—
 1624         (4)(a) The supervisor must shall be paid in advance the sum
 1625  of 10 cents for each signature checked or the actual cost of
 1626  checking such signature, whichever is less, by the candidate or,
 1627  in the case of a petition to have a local an issue placed on the
 1628  ballot, by the person or organization submitting the petition,
 1629  or the actual cost posted by the respective counties pursuant to
 1630  s. 100.371(11) for the actual cost of checking signatures to
 1631  place a statewide issue on the ballot.
 1632         (b) However, if a candidate, person, or organization
 1633  seeking to have an issue placed upon the ballot cannot pay such
 1634  charges without imposing an undue burden on personal resources
 1635  or upon the resources otherwise available to such candidate,
 1636  person, or organization, such candidate, person, or organization
 1637  shall, upon written certification of such inability given under
 1638  oath to the supervisor, is be entitled to have the signatures
 1639  verified at no charge.
 1640         (c) In the event a candidate, person, or organization
 1641  submitting a petition to have an issue placed upon the ballot is
 1642  entitled to have the signatures verified at no charge, the
 1643  supervisor of elections of each county in which the signatures
 1644  are verified at no charge shall submit the total number of such
 1645  signatures checked in the county to the Chief Financial Officer
 1646  no later than December 1 of the general election year, and the
 1647  Chief Financial Officer shall cause such supervisor of elections
 1648  to be reimbursed from the General Revenue Fund in an amount
 1649  equal to 10 cents or the actual cost for each name checked or
 1650  the actual cost of checking such signatures, whichever is
 1651  applicable as set forth in paragraph (a) less. In no event may
 1652  shall such reimbursement of costs be deemed or applied as extra
 1653  compensation for the supervisor.
 1654         (d) Petitions must shall be retained by the supervisors for
 1655  a period of 1 year following the election for which the
 1656  petitions were circulated.
 1657         (5) The results of a verification pursuant to subparagraph
 1658  (1)(a)2. may be contested in the circuit court by the candidate;
 1659  an announced opponent; a representative of a designated
 1660  political committee; or a person, party, or other organization
 1661  submitting the petition. The contestant must shall file a
 1662  complaint, together with the fees prescribed in chapter 28, with
 1663  the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the
 1664  petition is certified or in Leon County if the petition covers
 1665  more than one county within 10 days after midnight of the date
 1666  the petition is certified; and the complaint must shall set
 1667  forth the grounds on which the contestant intends to establish
 1668  his or her right to require a complete check of the petition
 1669  pursuant to subparagraph (1)(a)1. In the event the court orders
 1670  a complete check of the petition and the result is not changed
 1671  as to the success or lack of success of the petitioner in
 1672  obtaining the requisite number of valid signatures, then such
 1673  candidate, unless the candidate has filed the oath stating that
 1674  he or she is unable to pay such charges; announced opponent;
 1675  representative of a designated political committee; or party,
 1676  person, or organization submitting the petition, unless such
 1677  person or organization has filed the oath stating inability to
 1678  pay such charges, shall pay to the supervisor of elections of
 1679  each affected county for the complete check an amount calculated
 1680  at the rate of 10 cents for each additional signature checked or
 1681  the actual cost of checking such additional signatures, as
 1682  applicable whichever is less.
 1683         Section 16. Section 100.342, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1684  to read:
 1685         100.342 Notice of special election or referendum.—In any
 1686  special election or referendum not otherwise provided for, there
 1687  must shall be at least 30 days’ notice of the election or
 1688  referendum by publication in a newspaper of general circulation
 1689  in the county, district, or municipality, or published on the
 1690  county’s website as authorized by s. 50.0311, the municipality’s
 1691  website, or the supervisor’s website, as applicable as the case
 1692  may be. The publication must shall be made at least twice, once
 1693  in the fifth week and once in the third week before prior to the
 1694  week in which the election or referendum is to be held. If the
 1695  applicable website becomes unavailable or there is no newspaper
 1696  of general circulation in the county, district, or municipality,
 1697  the notice must shall be posted in no less than five places
 1698  within the territorial limits of the county, district, or
 1699  municipality.
 1700         Section 17. Subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection
 1701  (4) of section 101.001, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1702         101.001 Precincts and polling places; boundaries.—
 1703         (3)(a) Each supervisor of elections shall maintain a
 1704  geographical information system suitable map drawn to a scale no
 1705  smaller than 3 miles to the inch and clearly delineating all
 1706  major observable features such as roads, streams, and railway
 1707  lines and showing the current geographical boundaries of each
 1708  precinct, representative district, and senatorial district, and
 1709  other type of district in the county subject to the elections
 1710  process in this code.
 1711         (b) The supervisor shall provide to the department data on
 1712  all precincts in the county associated with the most recent
 1713  decennial census blocks within each precinct.
 1714         (c) The department shall maintain a searchable database
 1715  that contains the precincts and the corresponding most recent
 1716  decennial census blocks within the precincts for each county,
 1717  including a historical file that allows the census blocks to be
 1718  traced through the prior decade.
 1719         (d) The supervisor of elections shall notify the Secretary
 1720  of State in writing within 10 days after any reorganization of
 1721  precincts and shall furnish a copy of the geographical
 1722  information system map showing the current geographical
 1723  boundaries and designation of each new precinct. However, if
 1724  precincts are composed of whole census blocks, the supervisor
 1725  may furnish, in lieu of a copy of the map, a list, in an
 1726  electronic format prescribed by the Department of State,
 1727  associating each census block in the county with its precinct.
 1728         (c)(e) Any precinct established or altered under the
 1729  provisions of this section must shall consist of areas bounded
 1730  on all sides only by census block boundaries from the most
 1731  recent United States Census. If the census block boundaries
 1732  split or conflict with a municipal or other political
 1733  subdivision another political boundary listed below, the
 1734  boundary listed below may be used as a precinct boundary:
 1735         1. Governmental unit boundaries reported in the most recent
 1736  Boundary and Annexation Survey published by the United States
 1737  Census Bureau; or
 1738         2. Visible features that are readily distinguishable upon
 1739  the ground, such as streets, railroads, tracks, streams, and
 1740  lakes, and that are indicated upon current census maps, official
 1741  Department of Transportation maps, official municipal maps,
 1742  official county maps, or a combination of such maps;
 1743         3. Boundaries of public parks, public school grounds, or
 1744  churches; or
 1745         4. Boundaries of counties, incorporated municipalities, or
 1746  other political subdivisions that meet criteria established by
 1747  the United States Census Bureau for block boundaries.
 1748         (4)(a) Within 10 days after there is any change in the
 1749  division, name, number, or boundaries of the precincts, or the
 1750  location of the polling places, the supervisor of elections
 1751  shall make in writing an accurate description of any new or
 1752  altered precincts, setting forth the boundary lines and shall
 1753  identify the location of each new or altered polling place. A
 1754  copy of the document describing such changes must shall be
 1755  posted at the supervisor’s office.
 1756         Section 18. Subsection (1) of section 101.048, Florida
 1757  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1758         101.048 Provisional ballots.—
 1759         (1) At all elections, a voter claiming to be properly
 1760  registered in the state and eligible to vote at the precinct in
 1761  the election but whose eligibility cannot be determined, a
 1762  person whom an election official asserts is not eligible,
 1763  including, but not limited to, a person for whom an appeal is
 1764  pending pursuant to s. 98.0755, but a final determination of
 1765  eligibility has not been made, and other persons specified in
 1766  the code shall be entitled to vote a provisional ballot. Once
 1767  voted, the provisional ballot must shall be placed in a secrecy
 1768  envelope and thereafter sealed in a provisional ballot envelope.
 1769  The provisional ballot must shall be deposited in a ballot box.
 1770  All provisional ballots must shall remain sealed in their
 1771  envelopes for return to the supervisor of elections. The
 1772  department shall prescribe the form of the provisional ballot
 1773  envelope. A person casting a provisional ballot has shall have
 1774  the right to present written evidence supporting his or her
 1775  eligibility to vote to the supervisor of elections by not later
 1776  than 5 p.m. on the second day following the election.
 1777         Section 19. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
 1778  101.151, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1779         101.151 Specifications for ballots.—
 1780         (4)
 1781         (b) When two or more candidates running for the same office
 1782  on an a primary election ballot have the same or a similar
 1783  surname, the word “incumbent” must shall appear next to the
 1784  incumbent’s name.
 1785         Section 20. Subsection (1) of section 101.6103, Florida
 1786  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1787         101.6103 Mail ballot election procedure.—
 1788         (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), the
 1789  supervisor of elections shall mail all official ballots with a
 1790  secrecy envelope, a return mailing envelope, and instructions
 1791  sufficient to describe the voting process to each elector
 1792  entitled to vote in the election within the timeframes specified
 1793  in s. 101.62(3) s. 101.62(4). All such ballots must shall be
 1794  mailed by first-class mail. Ballots must shall be addressed to
 1795  each elector at the address appearing in the registration
 1796  records and placed in an envelope which is prominently marked
 1797  “Do Not Forward.”
 1798         Section 21. Section 101.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 1799  read:
 1800         101.62 Request for vote-by-mail ballots.—
 1801         (1) REQUEST.—
 1802         (a) The supervisor shall accept a request for a vote-by
 1803  mail ballot only from a voter or, if directly instructed by the
 1804  voter, a member of the voter’s immediate family or the voter’s
 1805  legal guardian an elector in person or in writing. A request may
 1806  be made in person, in writing, or by telephone. The department
 1807  shall prescribe by rule a uniform statewide application to make
 1808  a written request for a vote-by-mail ballot which includes
 1809  fields for all information required in this subsection. One
 1810  request is deemed sufficient to receive a vote-by-mail ballot
 1811  for all elections through the end of the calendar year of the
 1812  next regularly scheduled general election, unless the voter
 1813  elector or the voter’s elector’s designee indicates at the time
 1814  the request is made the elections within such period for which
 1815  the voter elector desires to receive a vote-by-mail ballot. The
 1816  supervisor must cancel a request for a vote-by-mail ballot Such
 1817  request may be considered canceled when any first-class mail or
 1818  nonforwardable mail sent by the supervisor to the voter elector
 1819  is returned as undeliverable. If the voter requests a vote-by
 1820  mail ballot thereafter, the voter must provide or confirm his or
 1821  her current residential address.
 1822         (b) The supervisor may accept a written, an in-person, or a
 1823  telephonic request for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to a
 1824  voter’s an elector’s address on file in the Florida Voter
 1825  Registration System from the voter elector, or, if directly
 1826  instructed by the voter elector, a member of the voter’s
 1827  elector’s immediate family, or the voter’s elector’s legal
 1828  guardian. If an in-person or a telephonic request is made, the
 1829  voter elector must provide the voter’s elector’s Florida driver
 1830  license number, the voter’s elector’s Florida identification
 1831  card number, or the last four digits of the voter’s elector’s
 1832  social security number, whichever may be verified in the
 1833  supervisor’s records. If the ballot is requested to be mailed to
 1834  an address other than the voter’s elector’s address on file in
 1835  the Florida Voter Registration System, the request must be made
 1836  in writing. A written request must be signed by the voter
 1837  elector and include the voter’s elector’s Florida driver license
 1838  number, the voter’s elector’s Florida identification card
 1839  number, or the last four digits of the voter’s elector’s social
 1840  security number. However, an absent uniformed service voter or
 1841  an overseas voter seeking a vote-by-mail ballot is not required
 1842  to submit a signed, written request for a vote-by-mail ballot
 1843  that is being mailed to an address other than the voter’s
 1844  elector’s address on file in the Florida Voter Registration
 1845  System. For purposes of this section, the term “immediate
 1846  family” has the same meaning as specified in paragraph (4)(c).
 1847  The person making the request must disclose:
 1848         1. The name of the voter elector for whom the ballot is
 1849  requested.
 1850         2. The voter’s elector’s address.
 1851         3. The voter’s elector’s date of birth.
 1852         4. The voter’s elector’s Florida driver license number, the
 1853  voter’s elector’s Florida identification card number, or the
 1854  last four digits of the voter’s elector’s social security
 1855  number, whichever may be verified in the supervisor’s records.
 1856  If the voter’s registration record does not already include the
 1857  voter’s Florida driver license number or Florida identification
 1858  card number or the last four digits of the voter’s social
 1859  security number, the number provided must be recorded in the
 1860  voter’s registration record.
 1861         5. The requester’s name.
 1862         6. The requester’s address.
 1863         7. The requester’s driver license number, the requester’s
 1864  identification card number, or the last four digits of the
 1865  requester’s social security number, if available.
 1866         8. The requester’s relationship to the voter elector.
 1867         9. The requester’s signature (written requests only).
 1868         (c) Upon receiving a request for a vote-by-mail ballot from
 1869  an absent voter, the supervisor of elections shall notify the
 1870  voter of the free access system that has been designated by the
 1871  department for determining the status of his or her vote-by-mail
 1872  ballot.
 1873         (d)For purposes of this section, the term “immediate
 1874  family” refers to the following, as applicable:
 1875         1.The voter’s spouse, parent, child, grandparent,
 1876  grandchild, or sibling, or the parent, child, grandparent,
 1877  grandchild, or sibling of the voter’s spouse.
 1878         2. The designee’s spouse, parent, child, grandparent,
 1879  grandchild, or sibling, or the parent, child, grandparent,
 1880  grandchild, or sibling of the designee’s spouse.
 1881         (2) A request for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to a
 1882  voter must be received no later than 5 p.m. on the 10th day
 1883  before the election by the supervisor. The supervisor shall mail
 1884  vote-by-mail ballots to voters requesting ballots by such
 1885  deadline no later than 8 days before the election.
 1886         (3)ACCESS TO VOTE-BY-MAIL REQUEST INFORMATION.—For each
 1887  request for a vote-by-mail ballot received, the supervisor shall
 1888  record the following information: the date the request was made;
 1889  the identity of the voter’s designee making the request, if any;
 1890  the Florida driver license number, Florida identification card
 1891  number, or last four digits of the social security number of the
 1892  voter elector provided with a written request; the date the
 1893  vote-by-mail ballot was delivered to the voter or the voter’s
 1894  designee or the date the vote-by-mail ballot was delivered to
 1895  the post office or other carrier; the address to which the
 1896  ballot was mailed or the identity of the voter’s designee to
 1897  whom the ballot was delivered; the date the ballot was received
 1898  by the supervisor; the absence of the voter’s signature on the
 1899  voter’s certificate, if applicable; whether the voter’s
 1900  certificate contains a signature that does not match the voter’s
 1901  elector’s signature in the registration books or precinct
 1902  register; and such other information he or she may deem
 1903  necessary. This information must shall be provided in electronic
 1904  format as provided by division rule. The information must shall
 1905  be updated and made available no later than 8 a.m. of each day,
 1906  including weekends, beginning 60 days before the primary until
 1907  15 days after the general election and shall be
 1908  contemporaneously provided to the division. This information is
 1909  shall be confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and may shall
 1910  be made available to or reproduced only for the voter requesting
 1911  the ballot, a canvassing board, an election official, a
 1912  political party or official thereof, a candidate who has filed
 1913  qualification papers and is opposed in an upcoming election, and
 1914  registered political committees for political purposes only.
 1915         (3)(4)DELIVERY OF VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS.—
 1916         (a) No later than 45 days before each presidential
 1917  preference primary election, primary election, and general
 1918  election, the supervisor of elections shall send a vote-by-mail
 1919  ballot as provided in subparagraph (d)2. (c)2. to each absent
 1920  uniformed services voter and to each overseas voter who has
 1921  requested a vote-by-mail ballot.
 1922         (b) The supervisor shall mail a vote-by-mail ballot to each
 1923  absent qualified voter, other than those listed in paragraph
 1924  (a), who has requested such a ballot, between the 40th and 33rd
 1925  days before the presidential preference primary election,
 1926  primary election, and general election.
 1927         (c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) or
 1928  paragraph (b) subsection (2) and after the period described in
 1929  this paragraph, the supervisor shall mail vote-by-mail ballots
 1930  within 2 business days after receiving a request for such a
 1931  ballot, but no later than the 9th day before election day. The
 1932  deadline to submit a request for a ballot to be mailed is 5 p.m.
 1933  local time on the 11th day before an upcoming election.
 1934         (d)(c)Upon a request for a vote-by-mail ballot, the
 1935  supervisor shall provide a vote-by-mail ballot to each voter
 1936  elector by whom a request for that ballot has been made, by one
 1937  of the following means:
 1938         1. By nonforwardable, return-if-undeliverable mail to the
 1939  voter’s elector’s current mailing address on file with the
 1940  supervisor or any other address the voter elector specifies in
 1941  the request. The envelopes must be prominently marked “Do Not
 1942  Forward.”
 1943         2. By forwardable mail, e-mail, or facsimile machine
 1944  transmission to absent uniformed services voters and overseas
 1945  voters. The absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter
 1946  may designate in the vote-by-mail ballot request the preferred
 1947  method of transmission. If the voter does not designate the
 1948  method of transmission, the vote-by-mail ballot must shall be
 1949  mailed.
 1950         3. By personal delivery before 7 p.m. on election day to
 1951  the voter during the mandatory early voting period or on
 1952  election day before 7 p.m. and elector, upon presentation of the
 1953  identification required in s. 101.043.
 1954         4. By delivery to the voter’s a designee only during the
 1955  mandatory early voting period or on election day or up to 9 days
 1956  before the day of an election. Any voter elector may designate
 1957  in writing a person to pick up the ballot for the voter elector;
 1958  however, the person designated may not pick up more than two
 1959  vote-by-mail ballots per election, other than the designee’s own
 1960  ballot, except that additional ballots may be picked up for
 1961  members of the designee’s immediate family. For purposes of this
 1962  section, “immediate family” means the designee’s spouse or the
 1963  parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the
 1964  designee or of the designee’s spouse. The designee shall provide
 1965  to the supervisor the written authorization by the voter elector
 1966  and a picture identification of the designee and must complete
 1967  an affidavit. The designee shall state in the affidavit that the
 1968  designee is authorized by the voter elector to pick up that
 1969  ballot and shall indicate if the voter elector is a member of
 1970  the designee’s immediate family and, if so, the relationship.
 1971  The department shall prescribe the form of the affidavit. If the
 1972  supervisor is satisfied that the designee is authorized to pick
 1973  up the ballot and that the signature of the voter elector on the
 1974  written authorization matches the signature of the voter elector
 1975  on file, the supervisor must shall give the ballot to that
 1976  designee for delivery to the voter elector.
 1977         5. Except as provided in s. 101.655, the supervisor may not
 1978  deliver a vote-by-mail ballot to a voter an elector or a voter’s
 1979  designee pursuant to subparagraph 3. or subparagraph 4.,
 1980  respectively, an elector’s immediate family member on the day of
 1981  the election unless there is an emergency, to the extent that
 1982  the voter elector will be unable to go to a designated early
 1983  voting site in his or her county or to his or her assigned
 1984  polling place on election day. If a vote-by-mail ballot is
 1985  delivered, the voter elector or his or her designee must shall
 1986  execute an affidavit affirming to the facts which allow for
 1987  delivery of the vote-by-mail ballot. The department shall adopt
 1988  a rule providing for the form of the affidavit.
 1989         (4)(5)SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—
 1990         (a) If the department is unable to certify candidates for
 1991  an election in time to comply with paragraph (3)(a) (4)(a), the
 1992  Department of State is authorized to prescribe rules for a
 1993  ballot to be sent to absent uniformed services voters and
 1994  overseas voters.
 1995         (b)(6) Only the materials necessary to vote by mail may be
 1996  mailed or delivered with any vote-by-mail ballot.
 1997         (5)(7)PROHIBITION.—Except as expressly authorized for
 1998  voters having a disability under s. 101.662, for overseas voters
 1999  under s. 101.697, or for local referenda under ss. 101.6102 and
 2000  101.6103, a county, municipality, or state agency may not send a
 2001  vote-by-mail ballot to a voter unless the voter has requested a
 2002  vote-by-mail ballot in the manner authorized under this section.
 2003         Section 22. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
 2004  101.657, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2005         101.657 Early voting.—
 2006         (1)
 2007         (d)1. Early voting shall begin on the 10th day before an
 2008  election that contains state or federal races and end on the 3rd
 2009  day before the election, and shall be provided for no less than
 2010  8 hours and no more than 12 hours per day at each site during
 2011  the applicable period.
 2012         2. In addition, early voting for an election that contains
 2013  state or federal races may be offered at the discretion of the
 2014  supervisor of elections on the 15th, 14th, 13th, 12th, or 11th
 2015  day before the election. In addition, a supervisor of elections
 2016  may offer early voting on either the 16th, or 2nd day before the
 2017  an election that contains state or federal races for at least 8
 2018  hours per day, but not more than 12 hours per day. Early voting
 2019  offered pursuant to this subparagraph must be offered for at
 2020  least 8 hours per day, but not more than 12 hours per day, on
 2021  each day that early voting is offered.
 2022         3. The supervisor of elections may provide early voting for
 2023  elections that are not held in conjunction with a state or
 2024  federal election. However, the supervisor has the discretion to
 2025  determine the hours of operation of early voting sites in those
 2026  elections.
 2027         Section 23. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 101.68,
 2028  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2029         101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.—
 2030         (1)(a) The supervisor of the county where the voter absent
 2031  elector resides shall receive the voted ballot, at which time
 2032  the supervisor shall compare the voter’s signature of the
 2033  elector on the voter’s certificate with the signature of the
 2034  voter elector in the registration books or the precinct register
 2035  to determine whether the voter elector is duly registered in the
 2036  county and must record on the voter’s elector’s registration
 2037  record that the voter elector has voted. During the signature
 2038  comparison process, the supervisor may not use any knowledge of
 2039  the political affiliation of the voter whose signature is
 2040  subject to verification.
 2041         (b)A voter An elector who dies after casting a vote-by
 2042  mail ballot but on or before election day shall remain listed in
 2043  the registration books until the results have been certified for
 2044  the election in which the ballot was cast. The supervisor shall
 2045  safely keep the ballot unopened in his or her office until the
 2046  county canvassing board canvasses the vote pursuant to
 2047  subsection (2).
 2048         (c)If two or more vote-by-mail ballots for the same
 2049  election are returned in one mailing envelope, the ballots may
 2050  not be counted.
 2051         (d) Except as provided in subsection (4), after a vote-by
 2052  mail ballot is received by the supervisor, the ballot is deemed
 2053  to have been cast, and changes or additions may not be made to
 2054  the voter’s certificate.
 2055         (2)(a) The county canvassing board may begin the canvassing
 2056  of vote-by-mail ballots upon the completion of the public
 2057  testing of automatic tabulating equipment pursuant to s.
 2058  101.5612(2), but must begin such canvassing by no later than
 2059  noon on the day following the election. However, notwithstanding
 2060  any such authorization to begin canvassing or otherwise
 2061  processing vote-by-mail ballots early, no result may shall be
 2062  released until after the closing of the polls in that county on
 2063  election day. Any supervisor, deputy supervisor, canvassing
 2064  board member, election board member, or election employee who
 2065  releases the results of a canvassing or processing of vote-by
 2066  mail ballots before prior to the closing of the polls in that
 2067  county on election day commits a felony of the third degree,
 2068  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
 2069         (b) To ensure that all vote-by-mail ballots to be counted
 2070  by the canvassing board are accounted for, the canvassing board
 2071  shall compare the number of ballots in its possession with the
 2072  number of requests for ballots received to be counted according
 2073  to the supervisor’s file or list.
 2074         (c)1. The canvassing board must, if the supervisor has not
 2075  already done so, compare the voter’s signature of the elector on
 2076  the voter’s certificate or on the vote-by-mail ballot cure
 2077  affidavit as provided in subsection (4) with the voter’s
 2078  signature of the elector in the registration books or the
 2079  precinct register to see that the voter elector is duly
 2080  registered in the county and to determine the legality of that
 2081  vote-by-mail ballot. A vote-by-mail ballot may only be counted
 2082  if:
 2083         a. The signature on the voter’s certificate or the cure
 2084  affidavit matches the voter’s elector’s signature in the
 2085  registration books or precinct register; however, in the case of
 2086  a cure affidavit, the supporting identification listed in
 2087  subsection (4) must also confirm the voter’s identity of the
 2088  elector; or
 2089         b. The cure affidavit contains a signature that does not
 2090  match the voter’s elector’s signature in the registration books
 2091  or precinct register, but the voter elector has submitted a
 2092  current and valid Tier 1 identification pursuant to subsection
 2093  (4) which confirms the voter’s identity of the elector.
 2094  
 2095  For purposes of this subparagraph, any canvassing board finding
 2096  that a voter’s an elector’s signatures do not match must be by
 2097  majority vote and beyond a reasonable doubt.
 2098         2. The ballot of a voter an elector who casts a vote-by
 2099  mail ballot must shall be counted even if the voter elector dies
 2100  on or before election day, as long as, before the death of the
 2101  voter, the ballot was postmarked by the United States Postal
 2102  Service, date-stamped with a verifiable tracking number by a
 2103  common carrier, or already in the possession of the supervisor.
 2104         3. A vote-by-mail ballot is not considered illegal if the
 2105  voter’s signature of the elector does not cross the seal of the
 2106  mailing envelope.
 2107         4. If any voter elector or candidate present believes that
 2108  a vote-by-mail ballot is illegal due to a defect apparent on the
 2109  voter’s certificate or the cure affidavit, he or she may, at any
 2110  time before the ballot is removed from the envelope, file with
 2111  the canvassing board a protest against the canvass of that
 2112  ballot, specifying the precinct, the voter’s certificate or the
 2113  cure affidavit, and the reason he or she believes the ballot to
 2114  be illegal. A challenge based upon a defect in the voter’s
 2115  certificate or cure affidavit may not be accepted after the
 2116  ballot has been removed from the mailing envelope.
 2117         5. If the canvassing board determines that a ballot is
 2118  illegal, a member of the board must, without opening the
 2119  envelope, mark across the face of the envelope: “rejected as
 2120  illegal.” The cure affidavit, if applicable, the envelope, and
 2121  the ballot therein must shall be preserved in the manner that
 2122  official ballots are preserved.
 2123         (d) The canvassing board shall record the ballot upon the
 2124  proper record, unless the ballot has been previously recorded by
 2125  the supervisor. The mailing envelopes must shall be opened and
 2126  the secrecy envelopes must shall be mixed so as to make it
 2127  impossible to determine which secrecy envelope came out of which
 2128  signed mailing envelope; however, in any county in which an
 2129  electronic or electromechanical voting system is used, the
 2130  ballots may be sorted by ballot styles and the mailing envelopes
 2131  may be opened and the secrecy envelopes mixed separately for
 2132  each ballot style. The votes on vote-by-mail ballots must shall
 2133  be included in the total vote of the county.
 2134         Section 24. Subsections (1), (2), and (4) of section
 2135  101.6921, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2136         101.6921 Delivery of special vote-by-mail ballot to certain
 2137  first-time voters.—
 2138         (1) This section applies The provisions of this section
 2139  apply to voters who are subject to the provisions of s. 97.0535
 2140  and are authorized to use a vote-by-mail ballot but and who have
 2141  not provided the identification or information certification
 2142  required by s. 97.0535 by the time the vote-by-mail ballot is
 2143  mailed.
 2144         (2) The supervisor shall enclose with each vote-by-mail
 2145  ballot three envelopes: a secrecy envelope, into which the voter
 2146  absent elector will enclose his or her marked ballot; an
 2147  envelope containing the Voter’s Certificate, into which the
 2148  voter absent elector shall place the secrecy envelope; and a
 2149  mailing envelope, which must shall be addressed to the
 2150  supervisor and into which the voter absent elector will place
 2151  the envelope containing the Voter’s Certificate and a copy of
 2152  the required identification.
 2153         (4) The certificate must shall be arranged on the back of
 2154  the envelope so that the line for the voter’s signature of the
 2155  absent elector is across the seal of the envelope.
 2156         Section 25. Section 101.6923, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2157  to read:
 2158         101.6923 Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for
 2159  certain first-time voters.—
 2160         (1) This section applies The provisions of this section
 2161  apply to voters who are subject to the provisions of s. 97.0535
 2162  and are authorized to use a vote-by-mail ballot but and who have
 2163  not provided the identification or information required by s.
 2164  97.0535 by the time the vote-by-mail ballot is mailed.
 2165         (2) A voter covered by this section must shall be provided
 2166  with printed instructions with his or her vote-by-mail ballot in
 2167  substantially the following form:
 2168  
 2169         READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE MARKING YOUR
 2170         BALLOT. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS MAY CAUSE
 2171         YOUR BALLOT NOT TO COUNT.
 2172  
 2173         1. In order to ensure that your vote-by-mail ballot will be
 2174  counted, it should be completed and returned as soon as possible
 2175  so that it can reach the supervisor of elections of the county
 2176  in which your precinct is located no later than 7 p.m. on the
 2177  date of the election. However, if you are an overseas voter
 2178  casting a ballot in a presidential preference primary or general
 2179  election, your vote-by-mail ballot must be postmarked or dated
 2180  no later than the date of the election and received by the
 2181  supervisor of elections of the county in which you are
 2182  registered to vote no later than 10 days after the date of the
 2183  election. Note that the later you return your ballot, the less
 2184  time you will have to cure signature deficiencies, which is
 2185  authorized until 5 p.m. local time on the 2nd day after the
 2186  election.
 2187         2. Mark your ballot in secret as instructed on the ballot.
 2188  You must mark your own ballot unless you are unable to do so
 2189  because of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write.
 2190         3. Mark only the number of candidates or issue choices for
 2191  a race as indicated on the ballot. If you are allowed to “Vote
 2192  for One” candidate and you vote for more than one, your vote in
 2193  that race will not be counted.
 2194         4. Place your marked ballot in the enclosed secrecy
 2195  envelope and seal the envelope.
 2196         5. Insert the secrecy envelope into the enclosed envelope
 2197  bearing the Voter’s Certificate. Seal the envelope and
 2198  completely fill out the Voter’s Certificate on the back of the
 2199  envelope.
 2200         a. You must sign your name on the line above (Voter’s
 2201  Signature).
 2202         b. If you are an overseas voter, you must include the date
 2203  you signed the Voter’s Certificate on the line above (Date) or
 2204  your ballot may not be counted.
 2205         c. A vote-by-mail ballot will be considered illegal and
 2206  will not be counted if the signature on the Voter’s Certificate
 2207  does not match the signature on record. The signature on file at
 2208  the start of the canvass of the vote-by-mail ballots is the
 2209  signature that will be used to verify your signature on the
 2210  Voter’s Certificate. If you need to update your signature for
 2211  this election, send your signature update on a voter
 2212  registration application to your supervisor of elections so that
 2213  it is received before your vote-by-mail ballot is received.
 2214         6. Unless you meet one of the exemptions in Item 7., you
 2215  must make a copy of one of the following forms of
 2216  identification:
 2217         a. Identification which must include your name and
 2218  photograph: United States passport; debit or credit card;
 2219  military identification; student identification; retirement
 2220  center identification; neighborhood association identification;
 2221  public assistance identification; veteran health identification
 2222  card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
 2223  a Florida license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm; or an
 2224  employee identification card issued by any branch, department,
 2225  agency, or entity of the Federal Government, the state, a
 2226  county, or a municipality; or
 2227         b. Identification which shows your name and current
 2228  residence address: current utility bill, bank statement,
 2229  government check, paycheck, or government document (excluding
 2230  voter information card).
 2231         7. The identification requirements of Item 6. do not apply
 2232  if you meet one of the following requirements:
 2233         a. You are 65 years of age or older.
 2234         b. You have a temporary or permanent physical disability.
 2235         c. You are a member of a uniformed service on active duty
 2236  who, by reason of such active duty, will be absent from the
 2237  county on election day.
 2238         d. You are a member of the Merchant Marine who, by reason
 2239  of service in the Merchant Marine, will be absent from the
 2240  county on election day.
 2241         e. You are the spouse or dependent of a member referred to
 2242  in paragraph c. or paragraph d. who, by reason of the active
 2243  duty or service of the member, will be absent from the county on
 2244  election day.
 2245         f. You are currently residing outside the United States.
 2246         8. Place the envelope bearing the Voter’s Certificate into
 2247  the mailing envelope addressed to the supervisor. Insert a copy
 2248  of your identification in the mailing envelope. DO NOT PUT YOUR
 2249  IDENTIFICATION INSIDE THE SECRECY ENVELOPE WITH THE BALLOT OR
 2250  INSIDE THE ENVELOPE WHICH BEARS THE VOTER’S CERTIFICATE OR YOUR
 2251  BALLOT WILL NOT COUNT.
 2252         9. Mail, deliver, or have delivered the completed mailing
 2253  envelope. Be sure there is sufficient postage if mailed.
 2254         10. FELONY NOTICE. It is a felony under Florida law to
 2255  accept any gift, payment, or gratuity in exchange for your vote
 2256  for a candidate. It is also a felony under Florida law to vote
 2257  in an election using a false identity or false address, or under
 2258  any other circumstances making your ballot false or fraudulent.
 2259         Section 26. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 101.6925,
 2260  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2261         101.6925 Canvassing special vote-by-mail ballots.—
 2262         (1) The supervisor of the county where the voter absent
 2263  elector resides shall receive the voted special vote-by-mail
 2264  ballot, at which time the mailing envelope must shall be opened
 2265  to determine if the voter has enclosed the identification
 2266  required or has indicated on the Voter’s Certificate that he or
 2267  she is exempt from the identification requirements.
 2268         (3) If the identification is not enclosed in the mailing
 2269  envelope and the voter has not indicated that he or she is
 2270  exempt from the identification requirements, the supervisor must
 2271  shall check the voter registration records to determine if the
 2272  voter’s identification was previously received or the voter had
 2273  previously notified the supervisor that he or she was exempt.
 2274  The envelope with the Voter’s Certificate may shall not be
 2275  opened unless the identification has been received or the voter
 2276  has indicated that he or she is exempt. The ballot must shall be
 2277  treated as a provisional ballot and may until 7 p.m. on election
 2278  day and shall not be canvassed unless the supervisor has
 2279  received the required identification or written indication of
 2280  exemption by 5 7 p.m. local time on the 2nd day following the on
 2281  election day.
 2282         Section 27. Subsection (1) of section 101.694, Florida
 2283  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2284         101.694 Mailing of ballots upon receipt of federal postcard
 2285  application.—
 2286         (1) Upon receipt of a federal postcard application for a
 2287  vote-by-mail ballot executed by a person whose registration is
 2288  in order or whose application is sufficient to register or
 2289  update the registration of that person, the supervisor shall
 2290  send the ballot in accordance with s. 101.62(3) s. 101.62(4).
 2291         Section 28. Subsection (2) of section 102.111, Florida
 2292  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2293         102.111 Elections Canvassing Commission.—
 2294         (2) The Elections Canvassing Commission shall meet at 8 9
 2295  a.m. on the 9th day after a primary election and at 8 9 a.m. on
 2296  the 14th day after a general election to certify the returns of
 2297  the election for each federal, state, and multicounty office. If
 2298  a member of a county canvassing board that was constituted
 2299  pursuant to s. 102.141 determines, within 5 days after the
 2300  certification by the Elections Canvassing Commission, that a
 2301  typographical error occurred in the official returns of the
 2302  county, the correction of which could result in a change in the
 2303  outcome of an election, the county canvassing board must certify
 2304  corrected returns to the Department of State within 24 hours,
 2305  and the Elections Canvassing Commission must correct and
 2306  recertify the election returns as soon as practicable.
 2307         Section 29. Subsection (2) of section 102.112, Florida
 2308  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2309         102.112 Deadline for submission of county returns to the
 2310  Department of State.—
 2311         (2) Returns must be filed no later than noon by 5 p.m. on
 2312  the 8th 7th day following a primary election and no later than
 2313  by noon on the 13th 12th day following the general election.
 2314  However, the Department of State may correct typographical
 2315  errors, including the transposition of numbers, in any returns
 2316  submitted to the Department of State pursuant to s. 102.111(2).
 2317         Section 30. Subsections (1) and (10) of section 102.141,
 2318  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2319         102.141 County canvassing board; duties.—
 2320         (1) The county canvassing board shall be composed of the
 2321  supervisor of elections; a county court judge, who shall act as
 2322  chair; and the chair of the board of county commissioners. The
 2323  names of the canvassing board members must be published on the
 2324  supervisor’s website upon completion of the logic and accuracy
 2325  test. Two alternate canvassing board members must be appointed
 2326  pursuant to paragraph (e). In the event any member of the county
 2327  canvassing board is unable to serve, is a candidate who has
 2328  opposition in the election being canvassed, or is an active
 2329  participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate who
 2330  has opposition in the election being canvassed, such member
 2331  shall be replaced as follows:
 2332         (a) If a no county court judge is unable able to serve or
 2333  if all are disqualified, the chief judge of the judicial circuit
 2334  in which the county is located must shall appoint as a
 2335  substitute member a qualified elector of the county who is not a
 2336  candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed and
 2337  who is not an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of
 2338  any candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed.
 2339  In such event, the members of the county canvassing board shall
 2340  meet and elect a chair.
 2341         (b) If the supervisor of elections is unable to serve or is
 2342  disqualified, the chair of the board of county commissioners
 2343  must shall appoint as a substitute member a member of the board
 2344  of county commissioners who is not a candidate with opposition
 2345  in the election being canvassed and who is not an active
 2346  participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with
 2347  opposition in the election being canvassed. The supervisor,
 2348  however, shall act in an advisory capacity to the canvassing
 2349  board.
 2350         (c) If the chair of the board of county commissioners is
 2351  unable to serve or is disqualified, the board of county
 2352  commissioners must shall appoint as a substitute member one of
 2353  its members who is not a candidate with opposition in the
 2354  election being canvassed and who is not an active participant in
 2355  the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with opposition in
 2356  the election being canvassed.
 2357         (d) If a substitute member or alternate member cannot be
 2358  appointed as provided elsewhere in this subsection, or in the
 2359  event of a vacancy in such office, the chief judge of the
 2360  judicial circuit in which the county is located must shall
 2361  appoint as a substitute member or alternate member a qualified
 2362  elector of the county who is not a candidate with opposition in
 2363  the election being canvassed and who is not an active
 2364  participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with
 2365  opposition in the election being canvassed.
 2366         (e)1. The chief judge of the judicial circuit in which the
 2367  county is located shall appoint a county court judge as an
 2368  alternate member of the county canvassing board or, if each
 2369  county court judge is unable to serve or is disqualified, shall
 2370  appoint an alternate member who is qualified to serve as a
 2371  substitute member under paragraph (a). Either alternate may
 2372  serve in any seat.
 2373         2. The chair of the board of county commissioners shall
 2374  appoint a member of the board of county commissioners as an
 2375  alternate member of the county canvassing board or, if each
 2376  member of the board of county commissioners is unable to serve
 2377  or is disqualified, shall appoint an alternate member who is
 2378  qualified to serve as a substitute member under paragraph (d).
 2379         3. If a member of the county canvassing board is unable to
 2380  participate in a meeting of the board, the chair of the county
 2381  canvassing board or his or her designee must shall designate
 2382  which alternate member will serve as a member of the board in
 2383  the place of the member who is unable to participate at that
 2384  meeting.
 2385         4. If not serving as one of the three members of the county
 2386  canvassing board, an alternate member may be present, observe,
 2387  and communicate with the three members constituting the county
 2388  canvassing board, but may not vote in the board’s decisions or
 2389  determinations.
 2390         (10)(a) The supervisor At the same time that the official
 2391  results of an election are certified to the Department of State,
 2392  the county canvassing board shall file a report with the
 2393  Division of Elections on the conduct of the election no later
 2394  than 20 business days after the Elections Canvassing Commission
 2395  certifies the election. The report must describe, at a minimum,
 2396  all of the following:
 2397         1. All equipment or software malfunctions at the precinct
 2398  level, at a counting location, or within computer and
 2399  telecommunications networks supporting a county location, and
 2400  the steps that were taken to address the malfunctions.;
 2401         2. All election definition errors that were discovered
 2402  after the logic and accuracy test, and the steps that were taken
 2403  to address the errors.;
 2404         3. All ballot printing, including vote-by-mail ballot
 2405  mailing errors or ballot supply problems, and the steps that
 2406  were taken to address the errors or problems.;
 2407         4. All staffing shortages or procedural violations by
 2408  employees or precinct workers which were addressed by the
 2409  supervisor of elections or the county canvassing board during
 2410  the conduct of the election, and the steps that were taken to
 2411  correct such issues.;
 2412         5. All instances where needs for staffing or equipment were
 2413  insufficient to meet the needs of the voters.; and
 2414         6. Any additional information regarding material issues or
 2415  problems associated with the conduct of the election.
 2416         (b) If a supervisor discovers new or additional information
 2417  on any of the items required to be included in the report
 2418  pursuant to paragraph (a) after the report is filed, the
 2419  supervisor must shall notify the division that new information
 2420  has been discovered no later than the next business day after
 2421  the discovery, and the supervisor must shall file an amended
 2422  report signed by the supervisor of elections on the conduct of
 2423  the election within 10 days after the discovery.
 2424         (c) Such reports must shall be maintained on file in the
 2425  Division of Elections and must shall be available for public
 2426  inspection.
 2427         (d) The division shall review the conduct of election
 2428  reports utilize the reports submitted by the canvassing boards
 2429  to determine what problems may be likely to occur in other
 2430  elections and disseminate such information, along with possible
 2431  solutions and training, to the supervisors of elections.
 2432         (e)The department shall submit the analysis of these
 2433  reports for the general election as part of the consolidated
 2434  reports required under ss. 101.591 and 101.595 to the Governor,
 2435  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
 2436  Representatives by February 15 of each year following a general
 2437  election.
 2438         Section 31. Section 103.021, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2439  to read:
 2440         103.021 Nomination for presidential electors.—Candidates
 2441  for presidential electors shall be nominated in the following
 2442  manner:
 2443         (1)(a) The Governor shall nominate the presidential
 2444  electors of each political party. The state executive committee
 2445  of each political party shall by resolution recommend candidates
 2446  for presidential electors and deliver a certified copy thereof
 2447  to the Governor no later than noon on August 31 before September
 2448  1 of each presidential election year. The Governor shall
 2449  nominate only the electors recommended by the state executive
 2450  committee of the respective political party.
 2451         (b)The state executive committee of each political party
 2452  shall include the Florida voter registration number of each
 2453  presidential elector and contact information. Each such
 2454  presidential elector must shall be a qualified registered voter
 2455  of this state and member elector of the party he or she
 2456  represents who has taken a written an oath that he or she will
 2457  vote for the candidates of the party that he or she is nominated
 2458  to represent.
 2459         (c) The Governor shall certify to the Department of State
 2460  no later than 5 p.m. on August 31 or before September 1, in each
 2461  presidential election year, the names of a number of electors
 2462  for each political party equal to the number of senators and
 2463  representatives which this state has in Congress.
 2464         (2) The names of the presidential electors may shall not be
 2465  printed on the general election ballot, but the names of the
 2466  actual candidates for President and Vice President for whom the
 2467  presidential electors will vote if elected must shall be printed
 2468  on the ballot in the order in which the party of which the
 2469  candidate is a nominee polled the highest number of votes for
 2470  Governor in the last general election.
 2471         (3) Candidates for President and Vice President with no
 2472  party affiliation may have their names printed on the general
 2473  election ballots if a petition is signed by 1 percent of the
 2474  registered voters electors of this state, as shown by the
 2475  compilation by the Department of State for the last preceding
 2476  general election. A separate petition from each county for which
 2477  signatures are solicited shall be submitted to the supervisor of
 2478  elections of the respective county no later than noon on July 15
 2479  of each presidential election year. The supervisor shall check
 2480  the names and, on or before the date of the primary election,
 2481  shall certify the number shown as registered voters electors of
 2482  the county. The supervisor shall be paid by the person
 2483  requesting the certification the cost of checking the petitions
 2484  as prescribed in s. 99.097. The supervisor shall then forward
 2485  the certificate to the Department of State which shall determine
 2486  whether or not the percentage factor required in this section
 2487  has been met. When the percentage factor required in this
 2488  section has been met, the Department of State shall order the
 2489  names of the candidates for whom the petition was circulated to
 2490  be included on the ballot and shall allow permit the required
 2491  number of persons to be certified as presidential electors in
 2492  the same manner as party candidates.
 2493         (4)(a) A minor political party that is affiliated with a
 2494  national party holding a national convention to nominate
 2495  candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
 2496  may have the names of its candidates for President and Vice
 2497  President of the United States printed on the general election
 2498  ballot by filing with the Department of State a certificate
 2499  naming the candidates for President and Vice President and
 2500  listing the required number of persons to serve as presidential
 2501  electors. Notification to the Department of State under this
 2502  subsection must shall be made no later than 5 p.m. on August 31
 2503  by September 1 of the year in which the general election is
 2504  held. When the Department of State has been so notified, it
 2505  shall order the names of the candidates nominated by the minor
 2506  political party to be included on the ballot and shall allow
 2507  permit the required number of persons to be certified as
 2508  presidential electors in the same manner as other party
 2509  candidates. As used in this section, the term “national party”
 2510  means a political party that is registered with and recognized
 2511  as a qualified national committee of a political party by the
 2512  Federal Election Commission.
 2513         (b) A minor political party that is not affiliated with a
 2514  national party holding a national convention to nominate
 2515  candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
 2516  may have the names of its candidates for President and Vice
 2517  President printed on the general election ballot if a petition
 2518  is signed by 1 percent of the registered voters electors of this
 2519  state, as shown by the compilation by the Department of State
 2520  for the preceding general election. A separate petition from
 2521  each county for which signatures are solicited must shall be
 2522  submitted to the supervisors of elections of the respective
 2523  county no later than noon on July 15 of each presidential
 2524  election year. The supervisor shall check the names and, on or
 2525  before the date of the primary election, shall certify the
 2526  number shown as registered voters electors of the county. The
 2527  supervisor shall be paid by the person requesting the
 2528  certification the cost of checking the petitions as prescribed
 2529  in s. 99.097. The supervisor shall then forward the certificate
 2530  to the Department of State, which shall determine whether or not
 2531  the percentage factor required in this section has been met.
 2532  When the percentage factor required in this section has been
 2533  met, the Department of State shall order the names of the
 2534  candidates for whom the petition was circulated to be included
 2535  on the ballot and shall allow permit the required number of
 2536  persons to be certified as presidential electors in the same
 2537  manner as other party candidates.
 2538         (5) When for any reason a person nominated or elected as a
 2539  presidential elector is unable to serve because of death,
 2540  incapacity, or otherwise, the Governor may appoint a person to
 2541  fill such vacancy who possesses the qualifications required for
 2542  the elector to have been nominated in the first instance. Such
 2543  person shall file with the Governor an oath that he or she will
 2544  support the same candidates for President and Vice President
 2545  that the person who is unable to serve was committed to support.
 2546         Section 32. Section 103.022, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2547  to read:
 2548         103.022 Write-in candidates for President and Vice
 2549  President.—
 2550         (1) Persons seeking to qualify for election as write-in
 2551  candidates for President and Vice President of the United States
 2552  may have a blank space provided on the general election ballot
 2553  for their names to be written in by filing an oath with the
 2554  Department of State at any time after the 57th day, but before
 2555  noon of the 49th day, prior to the date of the primary election
 2556  in the year in which a presidential election is held.
 2557         (2) The Department of State shall prescribe the form to be
 2558  used in administering the oath.
 2559         (3) The write-in candidates shall file with the department
 2560  a certificate naming the required number of persons to serve as
 2561  electors. The write-in candidates must provide the Florida voter
 2562  registration number and contact information for each
 2563  presidential elector. Each presidential elector must be a
 2564  qualified registered voter of this state. Such write-in
 2565  candidates are shall not be entitled to have their names on the
 2566  ballot.
 2567         Section 33. Subsection (4) of section 103.091, Florida
 2568  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2569         103.091 Political parties.—
 2570         (4) Any political party other than a minor political party
 2571  may by rule provide for the membership of its state or county
 2572  executive committee to be elected for 4-year terms at the
 2573  primary election in each year a presidential election is held.
 2574  The terms shall commence on the first day of the month following
 2575  each presidential general election; but the names of candidates
 2576  for political party offices may shall not be placed on the
 2577  ballot at any other election. The results of such election is
 2578  shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast. In such
 2579  event, electors seeking to qualify for such office shall do so
 2580  with the Department of State or supervisor of elections not
 2581  earlier than noon of the 71st day, or later than noon of the
 2582  67th day, preceding the primary election. A qualifying office
 2583  may accept and hold qualifying papers submitted not earlier than
 2584  14 days before the beginning of the qualifying period, to be
 2585  processed and filed during the qualifying period. The outgoing
 2586  chair of each county executive committee shall, within 30 days
 2587  after the committee members take office, hold an organizational
 2588  meeting of all newly elected members for the purpose of electing
 2589  officers. The chair of each state executive committee shall,
 2590  within 60 days after the committee members take office, hold an
 2591  organizational meeting of all newly elected members for the
 2592  purpose of electing officers.
 2593         Section 34. Section 104.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to
 2594  read:
 2595         104.18 Casting more than one ballot at any election.—
 2596         (1) Except as provided in s. 101.6952, whoever willfully
 2597  votes more than one ballot at any election commits a felony of
 2598  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
 2599  775.083, or s. 775.084. In any prosecution under this section,
 2600  the prosecution may proceed in any jurisdiction in which one of
 2601  the ballots was willfully cast, and it is not necessary to prove
 2602  which of the ballots was cast first.
 2603         (2)For purposes of this section, the term “willfully votes
 2604  more than one ballot at any election” means an occurrence of any
 2605  of the following:
 2606         (a)Voting more than once in the same election within a
 2607  county located within this state.
 2608         (b)Voting more than once in the same election by voting in
 2609  two or more counties located in this state.
 2610         (c)Voting more than once in the same election by voting in
 2611  this state and in one or more other states or territories of the
 2612  United States.
 2613         Section 35. Subsection (1) of section 104.42, Florida
 2614  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2615         104.42 Fraudulent registration and illegal voting;
 2616  investigation.—
 2617         (1) The supervisor of elections is authorized to
 2618  investigate fraudulent registrations and illegal voting and to
 2619  report his or her findings to the local state attorney and the
 2620  Office of Election Crimes and Security Florida Elections
 2621  Commission.
 2622         Section 36. Section 104.47, Florida Statutes, is created to
 2623  read:
 2624         104.47 Harassment of election workers.—
 2625         (1)For purposes of this section, the term “election
 2626  worker” means a member of a county canvassing board or an
 2627  individual who is an election official, poll worker, or election
 2628  volunteer in connection with an election conducted in this
 2629  state.
 2630         (2)It is unlawful for any person to intimidate, threaten,
 2631  coerce, harass, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or
 2632  harass an election worker with the intent to impede or interfere
 2633  with the performance of the election worker’s official duties,
 2634  or with the intent to retaliate against such election worker for
 2635  the performance of official duties.
 2636         (3)A person who violates this section commits a felony of
 2637  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
 2638  775.083.
 2639         Section 37. Subsection (1) and paragraph (c) of subsection
 2640  (8) of section 106.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2641         106.07 Reports; certification and filing.—
 2642         (1) Each campaign treasurer designated by a candidate or
 2643  political committee pursuant to s. 106.021 shall file regular
 2644  reports of all contributions received, and all expenditures
 2645  made, by or on behalf of such candidate or political committee.
 2646  Except for the third calendar quarter immediately preceding a
 2647  general election as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b), reports
 2648  must shall be filed on the 10th day following the end of each
 2649  calendar quarter month from the time the campaign treasurer is
 2650  appointed, except that, if the 10th day following the end of a
 2651  calendar quarter month occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
 2652  holiday, the report must shall be filed on the next following
 2653  day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Quarterly
 2654  Monthly reports must shall include all contributions received
 2655  and expenditures made during the calendar quarter month which
 2656  have not otherwise been reported pursuant to this section.
 2657         (a) A statewide candidate or a political committee required
 2658  to file reports with the division must file reports:
 2659         1. On the 60th day immediately preceding the primary
 2660  election, and each week thereafter, with the last weekly report
 2661  being filed on the 4th day immediately preceding the general
 2662  election.
 2663         2. On the 10th day immediately preceding the general
 2664  election, and each day thereafter, with the last daily report
 2665  being filed the 5th day immediately preceding the general
 2666  election.
 2667         (b) Any other candidate or a political committee required
 2668  to file reports with a filing officer other than the division
 2669  must file reports on the 60th day immediately preceding the
 2670  primary election, and biweekly on each Friday thereafter through
 2671  and including the 4th day immediately preceding the general
 2672  election, with additional reports due on the 25th and 11th days
 2673  before the primary election and the general election.
 2674         (c) Following the last day of qualifying for office, any
 2675  unopposed candidate need only file a report within 90 days after
 2676  the date such candidate became unopposed. Such report shall
 2677  contain all previously unreported contributions and expenditures
 2678  as required by this section and shall reflect disposition of
 2679  funds as required by s. 106.141.
 2680         (d)1. When a special election is called to fill a vacancy
 2681  in office, all political committees making contributions or
 2682  expenditures to influence the results of such special election
 2683  or the preceding special primary election shall file campaign
 2684  treasurers’ reports with the filing officer on the dates set by
 2685  the Department of State pursuant to s. 100.111.
 2686         2. When an election is called for an issue to appear on the
 2687  ballot at a time when no candidates are scheduled to appear on
 2688  the ballot, all political committees making contributions or
 2689  expenditures in support of or in opposition to such issue shall
 2690  file reports on the 18th and 4th days before such election.
 2691         (e) The filing officer shall provide each candidate with a
 2692  schedule designating the beginning and end of reporting periods
 2693  as well as the corresponding designated due dates.
 2694         (f)A county, a municipality, or any other local
 2695  governmental entity is expressly preempted from enacting or
 2696  adopting a reporting schedule that differs from the requirements
 2697  established in this subsection.
 2698         (8)
 2699         (c) Any candidate or chair of a political committee may
 2700  appeal or dispute the fine, based upon, but not limited to,
 2701  unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to file on the
 2702  designated due date, and may request and shall be entitled to a
 2703  hearing before the Florida Elections Commission, which shall
 2704  have the authority to waive the fine in whole or in part. The
 2705  Florida Elections Commission must consider the mitigating and
 2706  aggravating circumstances contained in s. 106.265(3) s.
 2707  106.265(2) when determining the amount of a fine, if any, to be
 2708  waived. Any such request shall be made within 20 days after
 2709  receipt of the notice of payment due. In such case, the
 2710  candidate or chair of the political committee shall, within the
 2711  20-day period, notify the filing officer in writing of his or
 2712  her intention to bring the matter before the commission.
 2713         Section 38. Paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of section
 2714  106.0702, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2715         106.0702 Reporting; political party executive committee
 2716  candidates.—
 2717         (7)
 2718         (c) A reporting individual may appeal or dispute the fine,
 2719  based upon, but not limited to, unusual circumstances
 2720  surrounding the failure to file on the designated due date, and
 2721  may request and is entitled to a hearing before the Florida
 2722  Elections Commission, which has the authority to waive the fine
 2723  in whole or in part. The Florida Elections Commission must
 2724  consider the mitigating and aggravating circumstances contained
 2725  in s. 106.265(3) s. 106.265(2) when determining the amount of a
 2726  fine, if any, to be waived. Any such request shall be made
 2727  within 20 days after receipt of the notice of payment due. In
 2728  such case, the reporting individual must, within 20 days after
 2729  receipt of the notice, notify the supervisor in writing of his
 2730  or her intention to bring the matter before the commission.
 2731         Section 39. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and paragraph
 2732  (c) of subsection (7) of section 106.0703, Florida Statutes, are
 2733  amended to read:
 2734         106.0703 Electioneering communications organizations;
 2735  reporting requirements; certification and filing; penalties.—
 2736         (1)(a) Each electioneering communications organization
 2737  shall file regular reports of all contributions received and all
 2738  expenditures made by or on behalf of the organization. Except
 2739  for the third calendar quarter immediately preceding a general
 2740  election as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), reports must be
 2741  filed on the 10th day following the end of each calendar quarter
 2742  month from the time the organization is registered. However, if
 2743  the 10th day following the end of a calendar quarter month
 2744  occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the report must
 2745  be filed on the next following day that is not a Saturday,
 2746  Sunday, or legal holiday. Quarterly Monthly reports must include
 2747  all contributions received and expenditures made during the
 2748  calendar quarter month that have not otherwise been reported
 2749  pursuant to this section.
 2750         (7)
 2751         (c) The treasurer of an electioneering communications
 2752  organization may appeal or dispute the fine, based upon, but not
 2753  limited to, unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to
 2754  file on the designated due date, and may request and shall be
 2755  entitled to a hearing before the Florida Elections Commission,
 2756  which shall have the authority to waive the fine in whole or in
 2757  part. The Florida Elections Commission must consider the
 2758  mitigating and aggravating circumstances contained in s.
 2759  106.265(3) s. 106.265(2) when determining the amount of a fine,
 2760  if any, to be waived. Any such request shall be made within 20
 2761  days after receipt of the notice of payment due. In such case,
 2762  the treasurer of the electioneering communications organization
 2763  shall, within the 20-day period, notify the filing officer in
 2764  writing of his or her intention to bring the matter before the
 2765  commission.
 2766         Section 40. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 2767  106.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2768         106.08 Contributions; limitations on.—
 2769         (2)
 2770         (b) A candidate for statewide office may not accept
 2771  contributions from national, state, or county executive
 2772  committees of a political party, including any subordinate
 2773  committee of the political party, or affiliated party
 2774  committees, which contributions in the aggregate exceed
 2775  $250,000. Polling services, research services, costs for
 2776  campaign staff, professional consulting services, and telephone
 2777  calls, and text messages are not contributions to be counted
 2778  toward the contribution limits of paragraph (a) or this
 2779  paragraph. Any item not expressly identified in this paragraph
 2780  as nonallocable is a contribution in an amount equal to the fair
 2781  market value of the item and must be counted as allocable toward
 2782  the contribution limits of paragraph (a) or this paragraph.
 2783  Nonallocable, in-kind contributions must be reported by the
 2784  candidate under s. 106.07 and by the political party or
 2785  affiliated party committee under s. 106.29.
 2786         Section 41. Section 106.1436, Florida Statutes, is created
 2787  to read:
 2788         106.1436 Voter guide; disclaimers; violations.—
 2789         (1)As used in this section, the term “voter guide” means
 2790  direct mail that is either an electioneering communication or a
 2791  political advertisement sent for the purpose of advocating for
 2792  or endorsing particular issues or candidates by recommending
 2793  specific electoral choices to the voter or by indicating issue
 2794  or candidate selections on an unofficial ballot. The term does
 2795  not apply to direct mail or publications made by governmental
 2796  entities or government officials in their official capacity.
 2797         (2)A person may not, directly or indirectly, represent
 2798  that a voter guide is an official publication of a political
 2799  party unless such person is given written permission pursuant to
 2800  s. 103.081.
 2801         (3)A voter guide circulated before, or on the day of, an
 2802  election must, in bold font with a font size of at least 12
 2803  point, prominently:
 2804         (a)Display the following disclaimer at the top of the
 2805  first page of the voter guide:
 2806         1.If the voter guide is an electioneering communication,
 2807  the disclaimer required under s. 106.1439; or
 2808         2.If the voter guide is a political advertisement, the
 2809  disclaimer required under s. 106.143.
 2810         (b)Be marked “Voter Guide” with such text appearing
 2811  immediately below the disclaimer required in paragraph (a).
 2812         (4)(a)In addition to any other penalties provided by law,
 2813  a person who fails to comply with this section commits a
 2814  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
 2815  775.082 or by a fine of not less than $25 for each individual
 2816  voter guide distributed.
 2817         (b)Any fine imposed pursuant to paragraph (a) may not
 2818  exceed $2,500 in the aggregate in any calendar month.
 2819         Section 42. Present subsections (2) through (6) of section
 2820  106.265, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (3)
 2821  through (7), respectively, a new subsection (2) is added to that
 2822  section, and subsection (1) of that section is amended, to read:
 2823         106.265 Civil penalties.—
 2824         (1)(a) The commission or, in cases referred to the Division
 2825  of Administrative Hearings pursuant to s. 106.25(5), the
 2826  administrative law judge is authorized upon the finding of a
 2827  violation of this chapter or chapter 104 to impose civil
 2828  penalties in the form of fines not to exceed $2,500 $1,000 per
 2829  count for the first three counts of the same category of
 2830  offense. Beginning with the fourth count of the same category of
 2831  offense, the fine must be multiplied by a factor of three for
 2832  each count., or,
 2833         (b) If applicable, the commission may instead to impose a
 2834  civil penalty as provided in s. 104.271 or s. 106.19.
 2835         (2)A fine imposed against a political committee jointly
 2836  and severally attaches to the chair of the political committee,
 2837  the treasurer of the political committee, and any other person
 2838  with control over the political committee.
 2839         Section 43. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.