House Bill hb0039

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                  HB 39

        By Representative Barreiro






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to voting methods and

  3         procedure; creating s. 101.005, F.S.; providing

  4         for a uniform statewide voting system and

  5         ballots; providing rulemaking authority to the

  6         Department of State to adopt standards for the

  7         system and requirements for the ballots;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 101.005, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         101.005  Uniform statewide voting system and

15  ballots.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the

16  contrary, there shall be a uniform statewide voting system,

17  beginning with the primary and general elections held in 2002.

18  The uniform statewide voting system shall be the most

19  reliable, accurate, and secure electronic or electromechanical

20  voting system certified by the department as of September 30,

21  2001, and may be updated for subsequent elections as needed.

22  The ballots used by such system shall be uniform, to the

23  extent practicable, and must be approved by the department

24  prior to use in any election.  The department may adopt rules

25  pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 necessary to specify

26  both the standards for the uniform statewide voting system,

27  including those relating to software, hardware, accuracy, and

28  security, and the requirements for the ballots used by such

29  system, including those relating to the order and manner of

30  arrangement of the names of candidates and issues in order to

31  ensure consistency and those relating to the placement of the

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                  HB 39

    723-132-01






  1  voting squares in order to eliminate confusion as to which

  2  name or issue a square belongs.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides for a uniform statewide voting system and
  9    ballots, beginning with the primary and general elections
      held in 2002.  Provides rulemaking authority to the
10    Department of State to adopt standards for the system and
      requirements for the ballots.
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