House Bill hb0171

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 171

        By Representative Brutus






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to requests for absentee

  3         ballots; creating s. 104.046, F.S.; prohibiting

  4         the removal of any request for an absentee

  5         ballot from the main or any branch office of

  6         the supervisor of elections after submission to

  7         the supervisor; prohibiting any person other

  8         than the absent elector, a member of the

  9         elector's immediate family, or the elector's

10         legal guardian from making any corrections or

11         additions to a request for an absentee ballot

12         after submission to the supervisor; providing

13         penalties; providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Section 104.046, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         104.046  Requests for absentee ballots; violations.--

20         (1)  It is unlawful for any person, including an absent

21  elector, to remove a request for an absentee ballot from the

22  main or any branch office of the supervisor of elections for

23  any reason, including the correction or addition of any

24  information, after it has been submitted to the supervisor.

25         (2)  It is unlawful for any person other than the

26  absent elector, a member of the elector's immediate family as

27  defined and authorized in s. 101.62, or the elector's legal

28  guardian as authorized in s. 101.62 to make any corrections or

29  additions to a request for an absentee ballot after it has

30  been submitted to the supervisor of elections.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 171

    755-101-01






  1         (3)  A person who violates any provision of this

  2  section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as

  3  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

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

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that it is a felony of the third degree for any
  9    person, including any absent elector, to remove a request
      for an absentee ballot from the main or any branch office
10    of the supervisor of elections for any reason, including
      the correction or addition of any information, after it
11    has been submitted to the supervisor; and for any person
      other than the absent elector, a member of the elector's
12    immediate family, or the elector's legal guardian to make
      any corrections or additions to any request for an
13    absentee ballot after it has been submitted to the
      supervisor.
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