HB 835

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to elections; amending s. 101.62, F.S.;
3	authorizing an elector to attain status as a permanent
4	absentee voter; specifying circumstances under which a
5	request for an absentee ballot may be considered canceled;
6	providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
11	101.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12	101.62  Request for absentee ballots.-
13	(1)(a)  The supervisor may accept a request for an absentee
14	ballot from an elector in person or in writing. Except as
15	provided in s. 101.694, one request shall be deemed sufficient
16	to receive an absentee ballot for all future elections through
17	the next two regularly scheduled general elections, unless the
18	elector or the elector's designee indicates at the time the
19	request is made that the elections for which the elector desires
20	to receive the an absentee ballot only for specific elections. A
21	Such request for an absentee ballot may be considered canceled
22	when any first-class mail sent by the supervisor to the elector
23	is returned as undeliverable or when the elector notifies the
24	supervisor in person or in writing that he or she no longer
25	wishes to receive an absentee ballot.
26	Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.

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