Bill Text: FL S0840 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Write-in Candidates

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Ethics and Elections [S0840 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S0840-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 840
       
       
        
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       
       33-00399B-15                                           2015840__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to write-in candidates; amending s.
    3         99.0615, F.S.; removing the requirement that a write
    4         in candidate reside within the district of the office
    5         sought at the time of qualification; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 99.0615, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   11  read:
   12         99.0615 Write-in candidate residency requirements.—At the
   13  time of qualification, all write-in candidates must reside
   14  within the district represented by the office sought.
   15         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.