Bill Text: FL H0057 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Early Voting

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Governmental Affairs Policy (EDCA) [H0057 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0057-Introduced.html

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HB 57

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to early voting; amending s. 101.657,
3	F.S.; authorizing the supervisor of elections to establish
4	early voting hours; providing a daily minimum and a daily
5	maximum number of hours for early voting; providing an
6	effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
11	101.657, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12	101.657 Early voting.--
13	(1)
14	(d) Early voting shall begin on the 15th day before an
15	election and end on the 2nd day before an election. For purposes
16	of a special election held pursuant to s. 100.101, early voting
17	shall begin on the 8th day before an election and end on the 2nd
18	day before an election. Early voting hours shall be established
19	by the supervisor of elections for each county. However, early
20	voting shall be provided for a period of not less than 8 hours
21	or more than 12 hours per day per weekday and 8 hours in the
22	aggregate each weekend at each site during the applicable
23	periods. Early voting sites shall open no sooner than 7 a.m. and
24	close no later than 7 p.m. on each applicable day.
25	Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.

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