98.081
Names removed from the statewide voter registration system; restrictions on reregistering; recordkeeping; restoration of erroneously or illegally removed names.
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98.081 Names removed from the statewide voter registration system; restrictions on reregistering; recordkeeping; restoration of erroneously or illegally removed names.—
(1) When the name of any elector is removed from the statewide voter registration system pursuant to s. 98.065 or s. 98.075, the elector’s original registration application shall be retained by the supervisor of elections having custody of the application. As alternatives, registrations removed from the statewide voter registration system may be microfilmed and such microfilms substituted for the original registration applications; or, when voter registration information, including the voter’s signature, is maintained digitally or on electronic, magnetic, or optic media, such stored information may be substituted for the original registration application. Such microfilms or stored information shall be retained by the supervisor of elections having custody. In the event the original registration applications are microfilmed or maintained digitally or on electronic or other media, such originals may be destroyed in accordance with the schedule approved by the Bureau of Archives and Records Management of the Division of Library and Information Services of the department.
(2) When the name of any elector has been erroneously or illegally removed from the statewide voter registration system, the name of the elector shall be restored by a voter registration official upon satisfactory proof, even though the registration period for that election is closed.
History.—s. 8, ch. 25391, 1949; s. 2, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 1, ch. 61-86; s. 5, ch. 77-175; s. 1, ch. 78-102; s. 14, ch. 79-365; s. 8, ch. 80-292; s. 45, ch. 81-259; s. 18, ch. 81-304; s. 7, ch. 82-143; s. 3, ch. 90-315; s. 30, ch. 94-224; s. 1387, ch. 95-147; s. 23, ch. 2005-278; s. 6, ch. 2005-286.
Note.—Former s. 97.08.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases, 1961–2010 · leading case: Krivanek v. TAKE BACK TAMPA POLITICAL COM.
Krivanek v. TAKE BACK TAMPA POLITICAL COM. (1993)
“Krivanek, as the Supervisor of Elections of Hillsborough County, to count and validate the petition signatures of 462 voters whose names had been temporarily purged from the permanent registration books of Hillsborough County under the provisions of section 98.081, Florida…”
Browning v. Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc. (2010)
“Such programs ensure that only eligible individuals remain registered as Florida electors by, for example, promptly removing from the voter-registration list deceased individuals, fictitious persons, mentally incapacitated persons, and convicted felons whose civil rights have…”
Krivanek v. Take Back Tampa Political Committee (1992)
“The procedure for periodically updating the registration rolls is set out in Section 98.081, Florida Statutes. The pertinent provisions of this section read as follows: (1) During each odd-numbered year, the supervisor shall mail, to each elector who, during the past two years,…”
Norman E. Wymbs and Ann R. Cassady v. Republican State Executive Committee of Florida (1983)
“Fla.Stat.Ann. § 98.081 (1982). Moreover, voter registration drives can add tens of thousands of voters to party rolls within weeks.”
Jones v. State (1974)
“, is invalid on its face because thereunder veniremen are selected for Dade County Criminal juries only from among fully qualified electors who have resided in the State for one year and in Dade County for six months to the exclusion of large numbers of unregistered persons…”
State Ex Rel. Barancik v. Gates (1961)
“"The supervisor may, at any time, process and forward to any elector a post or renewal card to verify the qualifications of an elector and, on the nonreturn of such card within the prescribed time set by law, shall proceed as otherwise provided in § 98.081 for nonreturns." [2]…”
Al-Hakim v. Florida (1995)
“The biennial purge of inactive voters from the registration books required by § 98.081, Florida Statutes, was conducted in June, 1991.”
State ex rel. Kyle v. Brown (1964)
““The supervisor may, at any time, process and forward to any elector a post or renewal card to verify the qualifica-tious of an elector and, on the non-return of such card within the prescribed time set by law, shall proceed as otherwise provided in § 98.081, for nonreturns. As…”
Krivanek v. Take Back Tampa Political Committee (1995)
“Additionally, because of an administrative purge of voters conducted while the petition was being circulated, the supervisor of elections did not count 410 of the signatures because they were signatures of electors whose names had been transferred to a list of inactive voters…”
— 98.081(1) — 2 cases
Krivanek v. TAKE BACK TAMPA POLITICAL COM. (1993)
“Krivanek, as the Supervisor of Elections of Hillsborough County, to count and validate the petition signatures of 462 voters whose names had been temporarily purged from the permanent registration books of Hillsborough County under the provisions of section 98.081, Florida…”
Krivanek v. Take Back Tampa Political Committee (1992)
“The procedure for periodically updating the registration rolls is set out in Section 98.081, Florida Statutes. The pertinent provisions of this section read as follows: (1) During each odd-numbered year, the supervisor shall mail, to each elector who, during the past two years,…”
— 98.081(2) — 1 case
Krivanek v. Take Back Tampa Political Committee (1992)
“The procedure for periodically updating the registration rolls is set out in Section 98.081, Florida Statutes. The pertinent provisions of this section read as follows: (1) During each odd-numbered year, the supervisor shall mail, to each elector who, during the past two years,…”
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