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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to voting opportunities on Florida 2
College System institution and state university 3
campuses; amending s. 101.657, F.S.; requiring the 4
establishment of certain early voting sites; exempting 5
such sites from certain parking requirements; amending 6
s. 101.71, F.S.; requiring the establishment of 7
certain polling places; amending s. 1001.93, F.S.; 8
requiring each campus Office of Public Policy t o 9
publicize certain voting opportunities in a specified 10
manner; providing an effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Paragraphs (b) through (f) of subsection (1) of 15
section 101.657, Florida Statutes, a re redesignated as 16
paragraphs (c) through (g), respectively, and a new paragraph 17
(b) is added to that subsection to read: 18
101.657 Early voting. — 19
(1) 20
(b) In addition to the early voting sites established 21
pursuant to paragraph (a), the supervisor of ele ctions of a 22
county where the main campus of a Florida College System 23
institution or a state university is located must establish at 24
least one early voting site at such main campus. The parking 25
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requirements of paragraph (a) do not apply to early voting site s 26
established under this paragraph. 27
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 101.71, Florida 28
Statutes, is amended to read: 29
101.71 Polling place. — 30
(1)(a) There shall be in each precinct in each county one 31
polling place which shall be accessible to the p ublic on 32
election day and is managed by a board of inspectors and clerk 33
of election. Only one elector shall be allowed to enter any 34
voting booth at a time; no one except inspectors shall be 35
allowed to speak to the elector while casting his or her vote; 36
and no inspector shall speak to or interfere with the elector 37
concerning his or her voting, except to perform the duties as 38
such inspector. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 39
chapter, this section shall be applicable where the computer 40
method of voting is in use, and adequate provision shall be made 41
for the privacy of the elector while casting his or her vote. 42
(b) In addition to the polling places established in 43
paragraph (a), there shall be established at least one polling 44
place on any main campus of a Florida College System institution 45
or a state university if such campus is located in the county. 46
Section 3. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of 47
section 1001.93, Florida Statutes, to read: 48
1001.93 Offices of Public Policy Events within t he State 49
University System.— 50
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(3) Each state university within the State University 51
System must have an Office of Public Policy Events and must 52
appoint a Director of Public Policy Events who is responsible 53
for the duties and reporting responsibilities of the office. The 54
office must, at a minimum: 55
(e) Publicize the voting opportunities on campus 56
established by ss. 101.657 and 101.71 through a thorough public 57
awareness campaign including, at a minimum, notifying each 58
student about such voting opportunities through regular and 59
electronic mail, using social media to bring attention to such 60
voting opportunities, and posting signage prominently throughout 61
campus bringing attention to such voting opportunities. 62
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 63