Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 744
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/20/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Clemens) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete line 33
    4  and insert:
    5         2. The applicant’s address of legal residence address.
    6  Failure to include a distinguishing apartment, suite, lot, room,
    7  or dormitory room number or other identifier on a voter
    8  registration application does not impact a voter’s eligibility
    9  to register to vote or cast a ballot, and such an omission may
   10  not serve as the basis for a challenge to a voter’s eligibility
   11  or as a reason to not count a ballot.
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   13  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   14  And the title is amended as follows:
   15         Delete lines 4 - 6
   16  and insert:
   17         of legal residence”; amending s. 97.053, F.S.;
   18         requiring a complete voter registration application to
   19         include the applicant’s address of legal residence;
   20         specifying that an applicant’s failure to include
   21         additional distinguishing information on an
   22         application does not affect his or her qualifications
   23         to register or vote; amending s. 97.057, F.S.;