Amendment AA1-AB567

LRBa0524/1

MPG:amn

2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 567

October 26, 2023 - Offered by Representative Tusler.

AB567-AA1,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

AB567-AA1,1,3 1. Page 7, line 15: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 8, line 10.

AB567-AA1,1,4 2. Page 15, line 14: delete “be" and substitute “begin being".

AB567-AA1,1,6 3. Page 16, line 15: after “for" insert “processing ballots through automatic tabulating equipment if applicable and".

AB567-AA1,1,8 4. Page 16, line 17: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 17, line 12, and substitute:

AB567-AA1,2,7 “(d) When the meeting of the election inspectors recesses on the day before the election, the election inspectors shall secure the ballots and envelopes in one or more bags or containers sealed with tamper-evident security seals and housed in a double-lock location such as a locked cabinet inside a locked office. Before resuming the canvassing of absentee ballots on election day, the election inspectors shall check and record the status of each tamper-evident seal. The election inspectors shall immediately notify the commission of any evidence of tampering. If the election inspectors discover evidence of tampering, the commission shall verify the accuracy of the absentee ballot count in the municipality in the election by ordering the municipality to conduct a recount after the election of all absentee ballots cast in the municipality in the election. The commission's order shall establish procedures for the recount consistent with s. 9.01.

AB567-AA1,2,10 (e) Absentee ballots canvassed under this subsection may not be processed through automatic tabulating equipment and votes may not be tallied until after the polls close on election day.”.

AB567-AA1,2,12 5. Page 21, line 21: after “for" insert “processing ballots through automatic tabulating equipment if applicable and".

AB567-AA1,2,14 6. Page 21, line 23: delete the material beginning with that line and ending with page 22, line 19, and substitute:

AB567-AA1,3,3 “(e) When the meeting of the board of absentee ballot canvassers recesses on the day before the election, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall secure the ballots and envelopes in one or more bags or containers sealed with tamper-evident security seals and housed in a double-lock location such as a locked cabinet inside a locked office. Before resuming the canvassing of absentee ballots on election day, the board of absentee ballot canvassers shall check and record the status of each tamper-evident seal. The board of absentee ballot canvassers shall immediately notify the commission of any evidence of tampering. If the board of absentee ballot canvassers discovers evidence of tampering, the commission shall verify the accuracy of the absentee ballot count in the municipality in the election by ordering the municipality to conduct a recount after the election of all absentee ballots cast in the municipality in the election. The commission's order shall establish procedures for the recount consistent with s. 9.01.

AB567-AA1,3,6 (f) Absentee ballots canvassed under this subsection may not be processed through automatic tabulating equipment and votes may not be tallied until after the polls close on election day.”.

AB567-AA1,3,7 (End)