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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 98
REGISTRATION OFFICE, OFFICERS, AND PROCEDURES

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F.S. 98.077

98.077 Update of voter signature.—

(1) A registered voter may update his or her signature on file in the statewide voter registration system at any time using a voter registration application submitted to a voter registration official.

(2) The supervisors of elections shall include in any correspondence, other than postcard notifications and notices relating to eligibility, sent to a registered voter information regarding when, where, and how to update the voter’s signature and shall provide the voter information on how to obtain a voter registration application from a voter registration official which can be returned to update the signature.

(3) At least once during each general election year before the presidential preference primary or the primary election, whichever occurs first, the supervisor shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation or other newspaper in the county, on the county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311, or on the supervisor’s website, as deemed appropriate by the supervisor, a notice specifying when, where, or how a voter can update his or her signature that is on file and how a voter can obtain a voter registration application from a voter registration official.

(4) Except as authorized in ss. 101.048 and 101.68:

(a) All signature updates for use in verifying vote-by-mail voter certificates, provisional ballot voter certificates, or petitions must be received by the appropriate supervisor before the voter’s ballot is received by the supervisor or, in the case of provisional ballots, before the voter’s ballot is cast or, in the case of a petition, before the petition is submitted for signature verification.

(b) The signature on file at the time the vote-by-mail ballot is received, at the time the provisional ballot is cast, or at the time a petition is reviewed is the signature that must be used in verifying the signature on the vote-by-mail voter certificates, provisional ballot voter certificates, or petitions, respectively. For signatures requiring secondary or tertiary review, older signatures from previous registration updates may be used.

History.—s. 8, ch. 2002-189; s. 10, ch. 2005-277; s. 22, ch. 2005-278; s. 8, ch. 2006-1; s. 5, ch. 2016-37; s. 3, ch. 2019-162; s. 10, ch. 2023-120.

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Cases Citing Statute 98.077

Total Results: 7

Two Islands Development Corp. v. Clarke

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-02-25

Citation: 157 So. 3d 1081, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 2577, 2015 WL 799270

Snippet: City granted a non-use variance (“Resolution No. 98-77” or the “Resolution”) waiving the requirement that

Carter v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1998-12-09

Citation: 764 So. 2d 6, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 15537, 1998 WL 879010

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed without prejudice to seek relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. STONE, C.J., and POLEN and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.

AGB Oil Co. v. CRYSTAL EXPLORATION, ETC.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-11-10

Citation: 406 So. 2d 1165

Snippet: Surety Company v. Baldwin, 287 U.S. 156, 53 S.Ct. 98, 77 L.Ed. 231 (1932); Sabin v. Home Owners' Loan Corporation

Perez v. City of Miami

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-05-09

Citation: 358 So. 2d 1132

Snippet: and Guaranty Company, Appellees. Nos. 77-95 to 77-98, 77-420 and 77-421. District Court of Appeal of Florida

Mitchum v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1970-06-17

Citation: 237 So. 2d 72, 1970 Fla. App. LEXIS 6099

Snippet: Surety Co. v. Baldwin, 1932, 287 U.S. 156, 53 S.Ct. 98, 77 L.Ed. 231; Mitchell v. First Nat. Bank of Chicago

Haas v. Haas

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1952-06-17

Citation: 59 So. 2d 640, 1952 Fla. LEXIS 1683

Snippet: American Surety Co. v. Baldwin, 287 U.S. 156, 53 S.Ct. 98, 77 L.Ed. 231. See also Tomkins v. Tomkins, 89 Cal

City of Coral Gables v. Certain Lands Upon Which Taxes Are Delinquent

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-05-10

Citation: 149 So. 36, 110 Fla. 189

Snippet: in American Surety Co. v. Baldwin, 53 Sup. Ct. 98, 77 L.Ed. 231,287 U.S. 156. Every opportunity to defend