Title: Voter Registration

Summary: Designating a specified period each year during which supervisors of elections are authorized to provide certain students with the opportunity to register to vote at school and with instruction on the elections process, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to voter registration; amending s. 98.255, F.S.; designating a specified period each year during which supervisors of elections are authorized to provide certain students with the opportunity to register to vote at school and with instruction on the elections process; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 98.255, Florida Statutes, to read: 98.255 Voter education programs.  (4) The first week in May of each year is designated as  Florida High School Senior Voter Registration Week  in this state. During Florida High School Senior Voter Registration Week, each supervisor of elections may, in collaboration with the local school district, provide high school seniors with: (a) The opportunity to register to vote at school. (b) Instruction on the elections process, including, but not limited to, voter registration requirements, polling place processes, and the history of suffrage in the United States. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.