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FL S1560

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2023

Primary Sponsor

Victor Torres

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates language assistance requirements for elections supervisors and political subdivisions when more than 2% of voting-age residents (minimum 300 persons) or 4,000+ residents in a jurisdiction are limited English-proficient members of a single language minority group, including Haitian-Creole and Brazilian-Portuguese speakers.

  • Requires election materials in covered languages to match the quality of English materials, with manual translation preferred over automatic translation services, and materials made available simultaneously with English versions.

  • Mandates supervisors of elections operate a language assistance hotline staffed during early voting, election day, and ballot cure periods that allows callers to access assistance in their covered language.

  • Requires all election-related signs and posters in English to be replicated in each required covered language and displayed or distributed in the same manner as English versions.

  • Authorizes limited English-proficient voters to sue for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief if requirements are violated, and requires redistricting entities to provide translation services and materials in covered languages used for elections within affected areas.

Legislative Description

Limited English-proficient Voter Assistance

Last Action

Died in Ethics and Elections

5/5/2023

Full Bill Text

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