Bill Text: FL S0256 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Early Voting [GPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections [S0256 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0256-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 256 
 
By Senator Aronberg 
27-00071-10                                            2010256__ 
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 
4         designate any public university, college, or community 
5         college facility as an early voting site; requiring 
6         that the supervisor for each county establish early 
7         voting hours; providing a minimum and a maximum daily 
8         duration for such early voting hours; providing an 
9         effective date. 
10 
11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
12 
13         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection (1) of 
14  section 101.657, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 
15         101.657 Early voting.— 
16         (1)(a) As a convenience to the voter, the supervisor of 
17  elections shall allow an elector to vote early in the main or 
18  branch office of the supervisor. The supervisor shall mark, 
19  code, indicate on, or otherwise track the voter’s precinct for 
20  each early voted ballot. In order for a branch office to be used 
21  for early voting, it shall be a permanent facility of the 
22  supervisor and shall have been designated and used as such for 
23  at least 1 year prior to the election. The supervisor may also 
24  designate any city hall; public university, college, or 
25  community college facility; or permanent public library facility 
26  as early voting sites; however, if so designated, the sites must 
27  be geographically located so as to provide all voters in the 
28  county an equal opportunity to cast a ballot, insofar as is 
29  practicable. The results or tabulation of votes cast during 
30  early voting may not be made before the close of the polls on 
31  election day. Results shall be reported by precinct. 
32         (d) Early voting shall begin on the 15th day before an 
33  election and end on the 2nd day before an election. For purposes 
34  of a special election held pursuant to s. 100.101, early voting 
35  shall begin on the 8th day before an election and end on the 2nd 
36  day before an election. Early voting hours shall be established 
37  by the supervisor of elections for each county. However, early 
38  voting shall be provided for a period of not less than 8 hours 
39  and not more than 12 hours per day per weekday and 8 hours in 
40  the aggregate each weekend at each site during the applicable 
41  periods. Early voting sites shall open no sooner than 7 a.m. and 
42  close no later than 7 p.m. on each applicable day. 
43         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.