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Florida Statutes (Last Updated: April 21, 2021) |
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TITLE IX. ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS |
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CHAPTER 101. VOTING METHODS AND PROCEDURE |
SECTION 101.045. Electors must be registered in precinct; provisions for change of residence or name.
- 1(1) 2A person is not permitted to vote in any election precinct or district other than the one in which the person has his or her legal residence and in which the person is registered. However, a person temporarily residing outside the county shall be registered in the precinct in which the main office of the supervisor, as designated by the supervisor, is located when the person has no permanent address in the county and it is the person’s intention to remain a resident of Florida and of the county in which he or she is registered to vote. Such persons who are registered in the precinct in which the main office of the supervisor, as designated by the supervisor, is located and who are residing outside the county with no permanent address in the county shall not be registered electors of a municipality and therefore shall not be permitted to vote in any municipal election.157(2)(a) 158An elector who moves from the precinct in which the elector is registered may vote in the precinct to which he or she has moved his or her legal residence, if the change of residence is within the same county or the precinct to which the elector has moved his or her legal residence is within a county that uses an electronic database as a precinct register at the polling place, and the elector completes an affirmation in substantially the following form:
240Change of Legal Residence
244of Registered Voter247Under penalties for false swearing, I, 253(Name of voter) , 256swear (or affirm) that the former address of my legal residence was 268(Address of legal residence) 272in the municipality of , 276in 277County, Florida, and I was registered to vote in the 287precinct of 289County, Florida; that I have not voted in the precinct of my former registration in this election; that I now reside at 311(Address of legal residence) 315in the Municipality of , 319in 320County, Florida, and am therefore eligible to vote in the 330precinct of 332County, Florida; and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally registered and entitled to vote.
350(Signature of voter whose address of legal residence has changed)
360(b) 361Except for an active uniformed services voter or a member of his or her family and except for an elector who has moved his or her legal residence to a precinct within a county that uses an electronic database as a precinct register at the polling place, an elector whose change of address is from outside the county may not change his or her legal residence at the polling place and must vote a provisional ballot.437(c) 438An elector whose name changes because of marriage or other legal process may be permitted to vote, provided such elector completes an affirmation in substantially the following form:466Change of Name
469of Registered Voter472Under penalties for false swearing, I, 478(New name of voter) , 482swear (or affirm) that my name has been changed because of marriage or other legal process. My former name and address of legal residence appear on the registration records of precinct 513as follows:
515Name
516Address
517Municipality
518County
519Florida, Zip
521My present name and address of legal residence are as follows:
532Name
533Address
534Municipality
535County
536Florida, Zip
538and I further swear (or affirm) that I am otherwise legally registered and entitled to vote.
554(Signature of voter whose name has changed)
561(d) 562Instead of the affirmation contained in paragraph (a) or paragraph (c), an elector may complete a voter registration application that indicates the change of name or change of address of legal residence.594(e) 595Such affirmation or application, when completed and presented at the precinct in which such elector is entitled to vote, and upon verification of the elector’s registration, shall entitle such elector to vote as provided in this subsection. If the elector’s eligibility to vote cannot be determined, he or she shall be entitled to vote a provisional ballot, subject to the requirements and procedures in s. 660101.048661. Upon receipt of an affirmation or application certifying a change in address of legal residence or name, the supervisor shall as soon as practicable make the necessary changes in the statewide voter registration system to indicate the change in address of legal residence or name of such elector.
