Third-Party Voter Registration Organizations

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Division of Elections

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
1S-2.042: Third-Party Voter Registration Organizations

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 38, No. 38, September 21, 2012 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

Based upon written comments received prior to the scheduled public hearing, the following paragraphs in the proposed rule have been changed to read:

(1) Paragraph (1)(a):

(a) Form DS-DE 119 (eff. 09/2012), (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-01866), entitled “Third-Party Voter Registration Organization Registration Form.”

(2)  Paragraph (5)(b):

(b) Any organization claiming that its failure to deliver a voter registration application within the required timeframe was based upon force majeure or impossibility of performance may provide a sworn statement to the Division explaining the circumstances constituting force majeure or impossibility of performance.

 (3)  Paragraph (8)(b):

(b) Except as noted below, aAny other person, except supervisors of elections or their staff, may report allegations of irregularities or fraud involving an organization’s voter registration activities by filing an elections fraud complaint with the Division. See Rule 1S-2.025, F.A.C.

 (4) paragraph (8)(d):

(d) The Secretary of State will not refer a violation to the Attorney General unless there is evidence that the applicant entrusted the voter registration application to the a third-party voter registration organization.

 No other changes to the proposed rule have been made.