22663679, 1S-2.034 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 22663679

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Division:

Division of Elections

Chapter:

ELECTIONS

Overview

RULE:

1S-2.034

Polling Place Procedures Manual

PURPOSE:

This rule will amend the incorporated polling place procedures manual to require statewide Spanish-language assistance at the polls because the state's Puerto Rican American population has increased since the devastation of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, but there is currently no uniformity in Spanish-language assistance. The manual will also be updated to reflect statutory changes, including additional forms of identification at polling places and substitution of the term “vote-by-mail ballot” for the term “absentee ballot,” and address circumstances encountered by voters and poll workers in past elections.

SUMMARY:

Updating the polling place procedures manual.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

: 20.10(3), 97.012(1), 102.014(5)

LAW:

: 97.055, 97.061, 98.461, 100.011, 100.061, 101.021, 101.031, 101.043, 101.045, 101.048, 101.049, 101.051, 101.111,101.131, 101.23, 101.49, 101.5601, 101.5608, 101.5610, 101.5611, 101.5614, 101.56062, 101.56075, 101.69, 102.012, 102.014, 102.031, 104.20

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

1/13/2020 Vol. 46/08

COMMENTS:

From 1/13/2020 To 2/3/2020 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Ref-04186 Polling Place Procedures Manual - DS-DE 11

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