Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for HB 7013
Barcode 813142
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/16/2013 10:26 AM .
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Senator Thompson moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (301346) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 61 and 62
5 insert:
6 Section 5. Section 101.045, Florida Statutes, is amended to
7 read:
8 101.045 Electors must be registered in precinct; provisions
9 for change of residence or name.—
10 (1) A person may is not permitted to vote in any election
11 precinct or district other than the one in which the person has
12 his or her legal residence and in which the person is
13 registered. However, a person temporarily residing outside the
14 county must shall be registered in the precinct in which the
15 main office of the supervisor, as designated by the supervisor,
16 is located if when the person has no permanent address in the
17 county and if it is the person’s intention to remain a resident
18 of this state Florida and of the county in which he or she is
19 registered to vote. Such persons who are registered in the
20 precinct in which the main office of the supervisor, as
21 designated by the supervisor, is located and who are residing
22 outside the county with no permanent address in the county are
23 shall not be registered electors of a municipality and therefore
24 may not shall not be permitted to vote in any municipal
25 election.
26 (2)(a) An elector who moves from the precinct in which the
27 elector is registered may be permitted to vote in the precinct
28 to which he or she has moved his or her legal residence, if the
29 change of residence is within the same county and the elector
30 completes an affirmation in substantially the following form:
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32 Change of Legal Residence of Registered
33 Voter
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35 Under penalties for false swearing, I, ...(Name of voter)...,
36 swear (or affirm) that the former address of my legal residence
37 was ...(Address of legal residence)... in the municipality of
38 ...., in .... County, Florida, and I was registered to vote in
39 the .... precinct of .... County, Florida; that I have not voted
40 in the precinct of my former registration in this election; that
41 I now reside at ...(Address of legal residence)... in the
42 Municipality of ...., in .... County, Florida, and am therefore
43 eligible to vote in the .... precinct of .... County, Florida;
44 and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally
45 registered and entitled to vote.
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47 ...(Signature of voter whose address of legal residence has
48 changed)...
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50 (b) Except for an active uniformed services voter or a
51 member of his or her family, an elector whose change of address
52 is from outside the county may not change his or her legal
53 residence at the polling place and vote a regular ballot;
54 however, such elector is entitled to vote a provisional ballot.
55 (b)(c) An elector whose name changes because of marriage or
56 other legal process may be permitted to vote if the elector,
57 provided such elector completes an affirmation in substantially
58 the following form:
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60 Change of Name of Registered
61 Voter
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63 Under penalties for false swearing, I, ...(New name of
64 voter)..., swear (or affirm) that my name has been changed
65 because of marriage or other legal process. My former name and
66 address of legal residence appear on the registration records of
67 precinct .... as follows:
68 Name............................................................
69 Address.........................................................
70 Municipality....................................................
71 County..........................................................
72 Florida, Zip....................................................
73 My present name and address of legal residence are as follows:
74 Name............................................................
75 Address.........................................................
76 Municipality....................................................
77 County..........................................................
78 Florida, Zip....................................................
79 and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally
80 registered and entitled to vote.
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82 ...(Signature of voter whose name has changed)...
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84 (c)(d) Instead of the affirmation contained in paragraph
85 (a) or paragraph (b) (c), an elector may complete a voter
86 registration application that indicates the change of name or
87 change of address of legal residence.
88 (d)(e) Such affirmation or application, when completed and
89 presented at the precinct in which such elector is entitled to
90 vote, and upon verification of the elector’s registration,
91 entitles shall entitle such elector to vote as provided in this
92 subsection. If the elector’s eligibility to vote cannot be
93 determined, he or she is shall be entitled to vote a provisional
94 ballot, subject to the requirements and procedures in s.
95 101.048. Upon receipt of an affirmation or application
96 certifying a change in address of legal residence or name, the
97 supervisor shall as soon as practicable make the necessary
98 changes in the statewide voter registration system as soon as
99 practicable to indicate the change in address of legal residence
100 or name of such elector.
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102 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
103 And the title is amended as follows:
104 Between lines 1170 and 1171
105 insert:
106 amending s. 101.045, F.S.; authorizing an elector to
107 vote a regular ballot at the polling place in the
108 precinct to which he or she has moved by completing an
109 affirmation; deleting a requirement that the elector’s
110 change of residence must occur within the same county
111 for the elector to be able to vote in the new
112 precinct;