Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 37 No. 28, July 15, 2011 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Based upon written comments received prior to the scheduled public hearing concerning delivery of voter registration applications by mail, the proposed rule has been changed to add a new paragraph (4)(d) and revisions have been made to paragraph (7)(a) to read:

(4)(d) Delivery of the voter registration application by the organization to the Division or a supervisor of elections may be accomplished by in-person delivery or mail.

(7)(a) For each non-blank registration application that an organization delivers to the Division or supervisor of elections, a voter registration official shall record the date and time of delivery on the bottom portion of the reverse side of the application in a manner that does not obscure any other entries. For purposes of this rule and not for voter registration purposes, an application is considered delivered to the Division or a supervisor of elections at the time the application is actually delivered by the organization by in-person delivery or, if mailed, the date of delivery shall be the date of a clear postmark, if one is present on the mailing envelope. If a postmark is not present or unclear, the date of delivery to the Division or a supervisor of elections is the actual date of receipt. If the date of delivery is the mail postmark, the applicable 48-hour period for the determination of fines pursuant to Section 97.0575, F.S., shall be based upon a whether the postmark is within two days of the date when the applicant completed the voter registration application, unless the organization provides documentation at the time of mailing the application that the date the applicant completed the application was on an earlier date than when the applicant delivered the application to the organization. For a determination of a fine based upon the application being received by mail after the book closing date, a clear postmark on or before the date of book closing will excuse the fine. If an organization delivers more than one application at the same time, those applications shall bear the same date and time of delivery regardless of when the applications are processed.

No other changes to the proposed rule have been made.