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Notice: 10244672

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Division:

Division of Elections

Chapter:

ELECTIONS

Overview

RULE:

1S-2.048

State and Federal-Designated NVRA Voter Registration Agencies - Responsibilities

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the new rule is to ensure that each voter registration agency designated by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1995 and by Section 97.058, F.S., is complying with the requirements of NVRA. The proposed rules requires each such agency: 1) to designate a coordinator and act as a liaison to the Department of State’s NVRA coordinator, 2) to ensure compliance with the federal and state law governing voter registration activities, 3) to record for each client voter registration services provided, 4) to report quarterly the number of applications for new registration and updates are received, and 5) to require training for staff. The proposed rule also incorporates by reference DS-DE #77-ENG (eff. 04/2011) and DS-DE #77-SPN (eff. 04/2011), a form in English and in Spanish that combines the preference form (allows for tracking voter registration activity and a detachable national mail-in application form. No statement of estimated regulatory cost is triggered and therefore no statement is prepared. Since no SERC is required or prepared, and no information exists other than past experiences associated with this subject matter, the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification pursuant to Section 120.541(3), Florida Statutes, or any other statute, in order to become effective.

SUBJECT:

NVRA duties off federal and state designated voter registration agencies.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

20.10(3), 97.012, 97.058(9) FS.

LAW:

97.012(7), (10), 97.058, FS., 42 U.S.C. 1973gg

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

7/29/2011 Vol. 37/30

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

20.10(3), 97.012, 97.058(9) FS., 97.012(7), (10), 97.058, FS., 42 U.S.C. 1973gg

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=1S-2.048&PDate=7/29/2011&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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