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FL H0051

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/16/2024

Primary Sponsor

Joel Rudman

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Write-in candidates would be required to pay qualifying fees (filing fee and election assessment), removing their current exemption from such fees
  • Write-in candidates may not be considered opponents for purposes of implementing Article VI, Section 5(b) of the Florida State Constitution, which governs when primary elections are closed or open to all voters
  • Department of State must adopt rules establishing security standards for voting systems, including a requirement that voting systems may not connect to the Internet
  • Counties may choose to count ballots by hand at the precinct level as an alternative to using electronic or electromechanical precinct-count tabulation systems, changing the current mandate for electronic/electromechanical systems
  • Effective date is July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Elections

Last Action

Withdrawn prior to introduction

1/2/2025

Full Bill Text

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