Florida § 101.5608 - Voting at the polls; procedures.

§ 101.5608. Voting at the polls; procedures.

(1) Each voter desiring to vote must be identified to the clerk or inspector of the election as a duly qualified voter of such election and must sign his or her name on the precinct register or other form or device provided by the supervisor. The inspector shall compare the signature with the signature on the identification provided by the voter. If the inspector is reasonably sure that the person is entitled to vote, the inspector must provide the person with a ballot. (2) When an electronic or electromechanical voting system utilizes a ballot, the following procedures must be followed to vote: (a) After receiving a ballot from an inspector, the voter shall, without leaving the polling place, retire to a booth or compartment and mark the ballot. After marking his or her ballot, the voter must place the ballot in a secrecy envelope so that the ballot will be deposited in the tabulator without exposing the voter’s choices. (b) Any voter who spoils his or her ballot or makes an error may return the ballot to the election official and secure another ballot, except that in no case shall a voter be furnished more than three ballots. If the vote tabulation device has rejected a ballot, the ballot must be considered spoiled and a new ballot must be provided to the voter unless the voter chooses to cast the rejected ballot. The election official, without examining the original ballot, shall state the possible reasons for the rejection and provide instruction to the voter pursuant to s. 101.5611. A spoiled ballot must be preserved, without examination, in an envelope provided for that purpose. (c) The supervisor of elections shall prepare for each polling place at least one ballot box to contain the ballots of a particular precinct, and each ballot box must be plainly marked with the name of the precinct for which it is intended. (3) The Department of State shall promulgate rules regarding voting procedures to be used when an electronic or electromechanical voting system is of a type which does not utilize a ballot. (4) In any election in which a write-in candidate has qualified for office, the supervisor of elections shall provide for write-in voting pursuant to rules adopted by the Division of Elections.