Title: Voter Identification

Summary: Deletes provision which prohibits use of address appearing on identification presented by elector at polls as basis to confirm elector's legal residence.

Full Text:
An act relating to voter identification; amending s. 101.043, F.S.; deleting a provision which prohibits the use of the address appearing on the identification presented by an elector at the polls as a basis to confirm the elector's legal residence; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 101.043, Florid a Statutes, is amended to read: 101.043 Identification required at polls.-(1) (b) If the picture identification does not contain the signature of the elector, an additional identification that provides the elector's signature shall be required. The a ddress appearing on the identification presented by the elector may not be used as the basis to confirm an elector's legal residence or otherwise challenge an elector's legal residence. The elector shall sign his or her name in the space provided on the pr ecinct register or on an electronic device provided for recording the elector's signature. The clerk or inspector shall compare the signature with that on the identification provided by the elector and enter his or her initials in the space provided on the precinct register or on an electronic device provided for that purpose and allow the elector to vote if the clerk or inspector is satisfied as to the identity of the elector. CS/HB 1461 2012 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.