The Division of Elections is aware of the rulemaking procedures prescribed by Section 120.54, Florida Statutes. That process requires advance notice to the public of intended rules and the opportunity to submit comments on the intended rule, prior to the agency’s adoption of the rule. The time period for general rulemaking takes at least 60 days and will prevent the timely amendment and adoption of a rule needed to apply to ongoing registration activities conducted by third-party voter registrations organizations. In the interim, the provisions of this emergency rule will ensure that organizations and supervisors of elections will be able to comply with the requirements of law based upon a federal court ruling preliminarily enjoining certain provisions of Section 97.0575, Florida Statutes. The Department of State will soon file a notice of proposed rule development for Rule 1S-2.042 with the intent to incorporate the text of this emergency rule through regular rulemaking.