Election laws in Florida
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The following are elections laws governing elections in the State of Florida
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Registration by third-party groups
Under Florida law, third-party voter registration organizations must name a registered agent in the state and submit a list of the individuals responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization to the Division of Elections. The statute also requires third-party voter registration organizations to submit quarterly reports to the Division of Elections, providing the date and location of any voter registration drives held during that quarter. There are no penalties for failure to provide this information. However, the statute provides that if a third-party voter registration organization fails to deliver voter registration applications to the Division of Elections within 10 days of receipt from the applicant, or if the third-party voter registration organization delivers applications to the Division of Elections less than 29 days before an election, it faces fines of up to $1000 per year.
While the above paragraph describes existing law, the statute is not currently enforced. In August 2006, a federal court issued an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the fines in § 97.0575. League of Women Voters v. Cobb, 447 F. Supp. 2d 1314 (S.D. Fla. 2006). The injunction was appealed, but the Eleventh Circuit dismissed the appeal as moot, due to the fact that the law as originally challenged had since been superseded by a new 2007 version. Florida Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning entered into a consent order on April 30, 2008, agreeing not to enforce the statute until the final amended rule is adopted, which he estimates to occur in early July 2008.
Compensation and residency
There are no laws prohibiting how registration workers are compensated nor residency requirements.[1].
Requirements
According to the governing statute, 97.0575, "A third-party voter registration organization that collects voter registration applications serves as a fiduciary to the applicant, ensuring that any voter registration application entrusted to the third-party voter registration organization, irrespective of party affiliation, race, ethnicity, or gender shall be promptly delivered to the division or the supervisor of elections."
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