Standards for Determining Voter's Choice on a Ballot  

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    DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    Division of Elections

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    1S-2.027Standards for Determining Voter's Choice on a Ballot

    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. 50 No. 92, May 9, 2024 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

    Added an overview section

    Renumbered Section A to account for new paragraph

    Deleted “the ballot duplication process or” from Section A.3.

    Added new paragraph to Section A explaining rejected ballot.

    Deleted “and scenarios” from Section A.4 and added clarifying language.

    Section C, added clarification on page 4

    Page 9 added example of valid vote when underline hits candidate’s name

    Page 9 deleted “through the name of the candidate or through” from the explanation

    Page 10 added clarifying language.

    Page 11 added invalid example

    Page 12 added example of valid “yes” vote for constitutional amendment

    Page 15 example of valid vote

    Page 16 added example of invalid vote

    Page 16 example 3, invalid vote.

    Page 18, removed example of valid vote

    Page 19, added example of valid vote

    Page 20 added water damage example

    Page 20 added torn or missing race example

    Universal addition of the word “card” to “ballot” where context warranted

    Removed the word “oval” to be consistent with the use of term “vote target”

    Corrected table of contents which omitted a subsection