Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 1177
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Negron moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 17
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
    6  101.043, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (d) is
    7  added to that subsection, to read:
    8         101.043 Identification required at polls.—
    9         (1)
   10         (b) If the picture identification does not contain the
   11  signature of the elector, an additional identification that
   12  provides the elector’s signature shall be required. The address
   13  appearing on the identification presented by the elector may not
   14  be used as the basis to confirm an elector’s legal residence or
   15  otherwise challenge an elector’s legal residence. The elector
   16  shall sign his or her name in the space provided on the precinct
   17  register or on an electronic device provided for recording the
   18  elector’s signature. The clerk or inspector shall compare the
   19  signature with that on the identification provided by the
   20  elector and enter his or her initials in the space provided on
   21  the precinct register or on an electronic device provided for
   22  that purpose and allow the elector to vote if the clerk or
   23  inspector is satisfied as to the identity of the elector.
   24         (d) If the elector produces a valid picture identification
   25  card, the elector may refuse to allow or decline a request from
   26  a clerk or inspector to swipe the picture identification card
   27  through an electronic voter identification system or to access
   28  by any means the information encoded on the card. If the elector
   29  communicates such a refusal or declination, the clerk or
   30  inspector must honor the elector’s choice and not swipe the
   31  picture identification card through an electronic voter
   32  identification system or access by any means the information
   33  encoded on the card.
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   36         And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete line 2
   38  and insert:
   39         An act relating to elections; amending s. 101.043,
   40         F.S.; removing a provision prohibiting the use of the
   41         address appearing on the identification presented by
   42         an elector as a basis for confirming the elector’s
   43         legal residence; authorizing an elector to refuse to
   44         allow or decline a request from the clerk or inspector
   45         to swipe a valid identification card through an
   46         electronic voter identification system or use other
   47         means to access information encoded on the
   48         identification card; requiring the clerk or the
   49         inspector to honor the elector’s decision; amending s.