Florida Senate Bill 378 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-04-29 - Read 2nd time -SJ 585
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Authorizes absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters to use the federal write-in absentee ballot to vote in any federal and certain state or local elections, under certain circumstances. Prescribes requirements for designating candidate choices. Provides for the disposition of valid votes involving joint candidacies. Allows for abbreviations, misspellings, and other minor variations in the name of an office, candidate, or political party. Authorizes the submission of multiple ballots under certain circumstances, etc.

Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot

Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto [R]

Sen. Don Gaetz [R]

Senate Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-29		Read 2nd time -SJ 585
2011-04-27		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/11
2011-04-19		Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 469
2011-04-15		Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 469
2011-04-14		On Committee agenda-- Budget, 04/15/11, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2011-04-11		On Committee agenda-- Budget, 04/14/11, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
2011-04-06		Now in Budget -SJ 408
2011-04-05		Favorable by Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 408
2011-03-31		On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/05/11, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
2011-03-08		Introduced -SJ 36
2011-03-07		CS by Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -SJ 118
2011-02-28		On Committee agenda-- Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections, 03/07/11, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2011-01-25		Subreferred to Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections -SJ 108
2011-01-12		Referred to Rules; Budget -SJ 36
2011-01-10		Filed

H0227 () 2011-05-02 - Ordered enrolled -HJ 1162

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
101	5614		Amended Code	See Bill Text
101	6952		Amended Code	See Bill Text
102	166		Amended Code	See Bill Text
104	18		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/378
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0378/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/0378/BillText/c1/HTML