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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                         Bill No. HB 493, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Cantens offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, between lines 29 and 30, of the bill

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17         Section 7.  Subsection (2) of section 97.052, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         97.052  Uniform statewide voter registration

20  application.--

21         (2)  The uniform statewide voter registration

22  application must be designed to elicit the following

23  information from the applicant:

24         (a)  Full name.

25         (b)  Date of birth.

26         (c)  Address of legal residence.

27         (d)  Mailing address, if different.

28         (e)  County of legal residence.

29         (f)  Address of property for which the applicant has

30  been granted a homestead exemption, if any.

31         (g)  Race or ethnicity that best describes the

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  1  applicant:

  2         1.  American Indian or Alaskan Native.

  3         2.  Asian or Pacific Islander.

  4         3.  Black, not Hispanic.

  5         4.  White, not Hispanic.

  6         5.  Hispanic.

  7         (h)  State or country of birth.

  8         (i)(h)  Sex.

  9         (j)(i)  Party affiliation.

10         (k)(j)  Whether the applicant needs assistance in

11  voting.

12         (l)(k)  Name and address where last registered.

13         (m)(l)  Last four digits of the applicant's social

14  security number.

15         (n)(m)  Florida driver's license number or the

16  identification number from a Florida identification card

17  issued under s. 322.051.

18         (o)(n)  Telephone number (optional).

19         (p)(o)  Signature of applicant under penalty for false

20  swearing pursuant to s. 104.011, by which the person

21  subscribes to the oath required by s. 3, Art. VI of the State

22  Constitution and s. 97.051, and swears or affirms that the

23  information contained in the registration application is true.

24         (q)(p)  Whether the application is being used for

25  initial registration, to update a voter registration record,

26  or to request a replacement registration identification card.

27         (r)(q)  Whether the applicant is a citizen of the

28  United States.

29         (s)(r)  That the applicant has not been convicted of a

30  felony or, if convicted, has had his or her civil rights

31  restored.

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  1         (t)(s)  That the applicant has not been adjudicated

  2  mentally incapacitated with respect to voting or, if so

  3  adjudicated, has had his or her right to vote restored.

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  5  The registration form must be in plain language and designed

  6  so that convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored

  7  and persons who have been adjudicated mentally incapacitated

  8  and have had their voting rights restored are not required to

  9  reveal their prior conviction or adjudication.

10         Section 8.  Section 98.077, Florida Statutes, is

11  created to read:

12         98.077  Update of voter signature.--The supervisor of

13  elections shall provide to each registered voter of the county

14  the opportunity to update his or her signature on file at the

15  supervisor's office by providing notification of the ability

16  to do so in any correspondence, other than postcard

17  notifications, sent to the voter.  The notice shall advise

18  when, where, and how to update the signature and shall provide

19  the voter information on how to obtain a form from the

20  supervisor that can be returned to update the signature.  In

21  addition, at least once during each general election year, the

22  supervisor shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation

23  or other newspaper in the county deemed appropriate by the

24  supervisor a notice specifying when, where, or how a voter can

25  update his or her signature that is on file or or how a voter

26  can obtain a form from the supervisor to do so.

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30  And the title is amended as follows:

31         On page 2, line 2, after the semicolon

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  2         amending s. 97.052, F.S.; modifying information

  3         requested on the voter registration

  4         application; creating s. 98.077, F.S.;

  5         providing for update of voter signatures;

  6         providing for publication of notice of

  7         procedures for doing so at least once each

  8         general election year;

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