Florida Senate - 2021                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 90
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 254 - 349
    4  and insert:
    5         (c)1. If the applicant has submitted the last four digits
    6  of his or her social security number, the online voter
    7  registration system must verify the last four digits of the
    8  social security number in accordance with s. 97.053(6). The
    9  applicant must also provide an electronic image of his or her
   10  signature. The department shall adopt rules to authorize a
   11  secure method for an applicant to upload or otherwise provide a
   12  high-quality electronic image of his or her signature through
   13  the online voter registration system.
   14         2. If the last four digits of the applicant’s social
   15  security number are verified pursuant to s. 97.053(6), the
   16  online voter registration system shall transmit, using the
   17  statewide voter registration system maintained pursuant to s.
   18  98.035, the applicant’s registration application, along with the
   19  electronic image of the applicant’s signature provided pursuant
   20  to subparagraph 1., to the supervisor of elections. The
   21  electronic image of the applicant’s signature satisfies the
   22  signature requirement of s. 97.052(2)(q).
   23         (d) If the applicant’s name and date of birth cannot be
   24  verified by the records of the Department of Highway Safety and
   25  Motor Vehicles, or if the last four digits of the applicant’s
   26  social security number cannot be verified applicant indicated
   27  that he or she has not been issued a Florida driver license or
   28  Florida identification card, the online voter registration
   29  system shall populate the applicant’s information into a
   30  printable voter registration application pursuant to s.
   31  97.052(2) and direct the applicant to print, sign, and date the
   32  application and deliver the application to the supervisor of
   33  elections for disposition pursuant to s. 97.073.
   34         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) and subsection
   35  (6) of section 97.053, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   36         97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications.—
   37         (5)(a) A voter registration application is complete if it
   38  contains the following information necessary to establish the
   39  applicant’s eligibility pursuant to s. 97.041, including:
   40         1. The applicant’s name.
   41         2. The applicant’s address of legal residence, including a
   42  distinguishing apartment, suite, lot, room, or dormitory room
   43  number or other identifier, if appropriate. Failure to include a
   44  distinguishing apartment, suite, lot, room, or dormitory room or
   45  other identifier on a voter registration application does not
   46  impact a voter’s eligibility to register to vote or cast a
   47  ballot, and such an omission may not serve as the basis for a
   48  challenge to a voter’s eligibility or reason to not count a
   49  ballot.
   50         3. The applicant’s date of birth.
   51         4. A mark in the checkbox affirming that the applicant is a
   52  citizen of the United States.
   53         5.a. The applicant’s current and valid Florida driver
   54  license number or the identification number from a Florida
   55  identification card issued under s. 322.051, or
   56         b. If the applicant has not been issued a current and valid
   57  Florida driver license or a Florida identification card, the
   58  last four digits of the applicant’s social security number.
   59  
   60  In case an applicant has not been issued a current and valid
   61  Florida driver license, Florida identification card, or social
   62  security number, the applicant shall affirm this fact in the
   63  manner prescribed in the uniform statewide voter registration
   64  application.
   65         6. A mark in the applicable checkbox affirming that the
   66  applicant has not been convicted of a felony or that, if
   67  convicted, has had his or her civil rights restored through
   68  executive clemency, or has had his or her voting rights restored
   69  pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution.
   70         7. A mark in the checkbox affirming that the applicant has
   71  not been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to
   72  voting or that, if so adjudicated, has had his or her right to
   73  vote restored.
   74         8. The original signature or a digital signature
   75  transmitted by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
   76  Vehicles of the applicant swearing or affirming under the
   77  penalty for false swearing pursuant to s. 104.011 that the
   78  information contained in the registration application is true
   79  and subscribing to the oath required by s. 3, Art. VI of the
   80  State Constitution and s. 97.051.
   81         (6) A voter registration application, including an
   82  application with a change in name, address, or party
   83  affiliation, may be accepted as valid only after the department
   84  has verified the authenticity or nonexistence of the driver
   85  license number, the Florida identification card number, or the
   86  last four digits of the social security number provided by the
   87  applicant. If a completed voter registration application has
   88  been received by the book-closing deadline but the driver
   89  license number, the Florida identification card number, or the
   90  last four digits of the social security number provided by the
   91  applicant cannot be verified, the applicant shall be notified
   92  that the number cannot be verified and that the applicant must
   93  provide evidence to the supervisor sufficient to verify the
   94  authenticity of the applicant’s driver license number, Florida
   95  identification card number, or last four digits of the social
   96  security number. If the applicant provides the necessary
   97  evidence, the supervisor shall place the applicant’s name on the
   98  registration rolls as an active voter. If the applicant has not
   99  provided the necessary evidence or the number has not otherwise
  100  been verified prior to the applicant presenting himself or
  101  herself to vote, the applicant shall be provided a provisional
  102  ballot. The provisional ballot shall be counted only if the
  103  number is verified by the end of the canvassing period or if the
  104  applicant presents evidence to the supervisor of elections
  105  sufficient to verify the authenticity of the applicant’s driver
  106  license number, Florida identification card number, or last four
  107  digits of the social security number no later than 5 p.m. of the
  108  second day following the election.
  109         Section 4. Effective July 1, 2022, paragraph (a) of
  110  subsection (5) of section 97.053, Florida Statutes, as amended
  111  by section 3 of this act, is amended to read:
  112         97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications.—
  113         (5)(a) A voter registration application is complete if it
  114  contains the following information necessary to establish the
  115  applicant’s eligibility pursuant to s. 97.041, including:
  116         1. The applicant’s name.
  117         2. The applicant’s address of legal residence, including a
  118  distinguishing apartment, suite, lot, room, or dormitory room
  119  number or other identifier, if appropriate. Failure to include a
  120  distinguishing apartment, suite, lot, room, or dormitory room or
  121  other identifier on a voter registration application does not
  122  impact a voter’s eligibility to register to vote or cast a
  123  ballot, and such an omission may not serve as the basis for a
  124  challenge to a voter’s eligibility or reason to not count a
  125  ballot.
  126         3. The applicant’s date of birth.
  127         4. A mark in the checkbox affirming that the applicant is a
  128  citizen of the United States.
  129         5.a. The applicant’s current and valid Florida driver
  130  license number or the identification number from a Florida
  131  identification card issued under s. 322.051, or
  132         b. If the applicant has not been issued a current and valid
  133  Florida driver license or a Florida identification card, the
  134  last four digits of the applicant’s social security number.
  135  
  136  In case an applicant has not been issued a current and valid
  137  Florida driver license, Florida identification card, or social
  138  security number, the applicant shall affirm this fact in the
  139  manner prescribed in the uniform statewide voter registration
  140  application.
  141         6. A mark in the checkbox affirming that the applicant has
  142  not been convicted of a felony or that, if convicted, has had
  143  his or her voting rights restored.
  144         7. A mark in the checkbox affirming that the applicant has
  145  not been adjudicated mentally incapacitated with respect to
  146  voting or that, if so adjudicated, has had his or her right to
  147  vote restored.
  148         8. The original signature, an electronic image of a
  149  signature transmitted pursuant to s. 97.0525(4)(c), or a digital
  150  signature transmitted by the Department of Highway Safety and
  151  Motor Vehicles of the applicant swearing or affirming under the
  152  penalty for false swearing pursuant to s. 104.011 that the
  153  information contained in the registration application is true
  154  and subscribing to the oath required by s. 3, Art. VI of the
  155  State Constitution and s. 97.051.
  156  
  157  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  158  And the title is amended as follows:
  159         Delete line 12
  160  and insert:
  161         registration system; requiring certain applicants to
  162         provide an electronic image of their signature;
  163         requiring the Department of State to adopt certain
  164         rules governing electronic images of applicants’
  165         signatures; amending s. 97.053, F.S.;