Senate Bill sb1574

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1574

    By Senator Meek





    41-527A-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to elections; amending s.

  3         97.055, F.S.; prescribing times when voter

  4         registration books must be open; providing an

  5         effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Section 97.055, Florida Statutes, is

10  amended to read:

11         97.055  Registration books; when closed for an

12  election.--

13         (1)  The registration books shall remain open during

14  the same time as the office of the supervisor of elections.

15  The registration books must remain open on election day during

16  the time the polls are open at the voting places prescribed in

17  s. 100.011. must be closed on the 29th day before each

18  election and must remain closed until after that election. If

19  an election is called and there are fewer than 29 days before

20  that election, the registration books must be closed

21  immediately. When the registration books are closed for an

22  election, voter registration and party changes must be

23  accepted but only for the purpose of subsequent elections.

24  However, party changes received between the book-closing date

25  of the first primary election and the date of the second

26  primary election are not effective until after the second

27  primary election.

28         (2)  In computing the 29-day period for the closing of

29  the registration books, the day of the election is excluded

30  and all other days are included. If the 29th day preceding an

31  election falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday, the

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1574
    41-527A-01




  1  registration books must be closed on the next day that is not

  2  a Sunday or a legal holiday.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  6                          SENATE SUMMARY

  7    Requires voter registration books to be open on election
      day during the time the election polls are open and at
  8    other times during the regular office hours of the
      supervisor of elections.
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