Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1202
       
       
        
       By Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       22-01256-15                                           20151202__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to voter registration; amending s.
    3         98.255, F.S.; designating a specified period each year
    4         during which supervisors of elections are authorized
    5         to provide certain students with the opportunity to
    6         register to vote at school and with instruction on the
    7         elections process; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 98.255,
   12  Florida Statutes, to read:
   13         98.255 Voter education programs.—
   14         (4) The first week in May of each year is designated as
   15  “Florida High School Senior Voter Registration Week” in this
   16  state. During Florida High School Senior Voter Registration
   17  Week, each supervisor of elections may, in collaboration with
   18  the local school district, provide high school seniors with:
   19         (a) The opportunity to register to vote at school.
   20         (b) Instruction on the elections process, including, but
   21  not limited to, voter registration requirements, polling place
   22  processes, and the history of suffrage in the United States.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.