FL S1486

Requires the Secretary of State to assess disaster impacts on housing, transportation, utilities, internet access, and postal service when evaluating voters' ability to participate in elections in counties designated by FEMA for individual assistance or under a Governor-declared state of emergency

Allows voters in disaster-affected counties to request vote-by-mail ballots by phone, email, or in writing without the statewide application form, have ballots sent via forwardable mail, return ballots to any county, and have ballots counted if postmarked by election day and received within 2 days

Requires the Division of Elections to maintain at least three strategic elections equipment reserves (northern, central, and southern Florida) including tabulation equipment, ballot-on-demand printers, electronic poll books, generators, and accessible voting equipment for disaster deployment

Extends early voting in affected counties to begin 15 days before the election, increases mandatory daily hours from 8 to 12, allows up to three non-traditional early voting sites, permits mobile polling locations, and extends the vote-by-mail signature cure deadline to the fourth day after the election

Requires the Division of Elections to present an elections emergency contingency plan to the Legislature each election year, mandates real-time website updates with disaster-related voting changes, and exempts voters in affected counties from certain ballot-handling criminal penalties when secure intake stations are properly monitored