Florida HB 991: Lottery Games

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An act relating to elections; amending s. 97.021, 2
F.S.; revising definitions; defining the term 3
"document acceptable as evidence of United States 4
citizenship"; amending s. 97.052, F.S.; revising the 5
information the uniform statewide voter registration 6
application is designed to elicit from an applicant to 7
include a certain acknowledgment; amending s. 97.0525, 8
F.S.; requiring that the online voter registration 9
system transmit specified information to the 10
supervisor of elections under specified circumstances; 11
requiring that the applicant's legal status as a 12
United States citizen be recorded in the statewide 13
voter registration system; requiring that if the 14
records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 15
Vehicles indicate that an applicant is not a United 16
States citizen or has not provided acceptable evidence 17
of citizenship, the online voter registration system 18
must notify the supervisor of the applicant's legal 19
status and transmit the application to the supervisor; 20
providing that an applicant's digital signature 21
satisfies a certain requirement; providing that if an 22
applicant's name and date of birth cannot be verified, 23
the system must populate certain information into a 24
printable version of the registration application; 25

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requiring the applicant to print, complete, sign, 26
date, and deliver such application to the supervisor; 27
requiring that the online voter registration system 28
populate an applicant's information and direct the 29
applicant to perform specified actions under specified 30
conditions; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 31
97.053, F.S.; specifying that the registration date 32
for certain valid applications is the date the 33
application was initially received once certain 34
evidence is verified; requiring an applicant to 35
provide certain evidence to the supervisor of 36
elections to prove the applicant's legal status under 37
specified circumstances; requiring supervisors to 38
verify a voter's legal status as a United States 39
citizen using specified sources and initiate a certain 40
notice if applicable; requiring that the voter's legal 41
status as United States citizen and the type of 42
document accepted as evidence of United States 43
citizenship be recorded in the statewide voter 44
registration system; amending s. 97.057, F.S.; 45
requiring that an agreement between the Department of 46
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department 47
of State match information regarding the citizenship 48
status of voter registration applicants legal status 49
as a United States citizen of applicants applying to 50

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vote; requiring the Department of State to include 51
specified information in the statewide voter 52
registration system; requiring the Department of 53
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to assist the 54
Department of State in identifying certain changes in 55
information for persons who may be voters; deleting a 56
provision requiring the Department of State to report 57
certain changes to supervisors; amending s. 98.015, 58
F.S.; authorizing the office of the supervisor of 59
elections to close to observe certain holidays under a 60
specified condition; amending s. 98.045, F.S.; 61
requiring supervisors to verify the current 62
eligibility of certain applicants within a specified 63
timeframe by reviewing specified information provided 64
by governmental entities to make a determination under 65
specified conditions; requiring the supervisor to deny 66
the application and notify the applicant if a certain 67
determination is made; amending s. 98.075, F.S.; 68
requiring the Department of State to identify certain 69
voters by comparing or receiving information from 70
specified sources; requiring the Department of State 71
to review such information and make an initial 72
determination; requiring the department to notify the 73
supervisor if certain information is credible and 74
reliable and provide a copy of specified documentation 75

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to the supervisor; requiring the supervisor to adhere 76
to specified procedures to remove the voter's name 77
from the statewide voter registrat