CopyCited 105 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2008 WL 880569
...§
97.041. Florida law also
requires the voter to file her registration application at least twenty-nine days
before a scheduled election, the so-called book closing date, in order to be eligible
to vote in that election. See Fla. Stat. §
97.053(3)-(4); §
97.055.
To complete a registration form, the applicant must disclose certain personal
identifying information, including the applicant’s name, home address, and date of
birth....
...the Advancement of Colored People (“Florida NAACP”), the Southwest Voter
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This rule has the practical effect of moving back the date before each election by which
voters must register, which is currently set at twenty-nine days before the election. See Fla. Stat.
§ 97.055....
...adline and the state determines
that her application is unmatched, there is no way in which she could cure her non-match prior to
the book-closing deadline. In Florida, the book-closing deadline is on the twenty-ninth day
before an election. See id. § 97.055....
CopyCited 6 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 56 A.L.R. 6th 815, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27361, 2008 WL 793584
...The deadline for registering to vote in Florida elections and whether it violates the Constitution and laws of the United States and the State of Florida, is the issue of this case. Those persons who did not file a completed application prior to the 29-day deadline required by Florida Statute § 97.055 are barred from voting on election day....
...rom facts. The Court makes findings only of facts and disregards the lay opinions of the witnesses as to whether or not they, if ordered by this Court could eliminate the deadline for applications and their interpretations of Fla. Stat. §§
97.053,
97.055....
...ackaged in cases for delivery. (Tr. 2/6:13) Update Information for Duly Registered Voters. After the registration deadline, election officials must continue to process updates to the names, addresses, and signatures of duly registered voters. See § 97.055(1), Fla....
...The challenged registration deadline does not impose a severe burden on the constitutional rights of the citizens of this state. Florida provides an ample opportunity for all its citizens to register to vote well in advance of the registration deadline. Florida statute section 97.055 complies fully with the mandates of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution....
...Based upon the Declaratory Decree, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law entered of record March 24, 2008, it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Third Amended Complaint seeking injunctive relief and a declaratory judgment of the constitutionality of Florida Statute Section 97.055 be, and the same is hereby DENIED and DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE....
CopyCited 2 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 48 A.L.R. 6th 613, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62723, 2008 WL 2567204
...ter registration books closeand for two days after an electionand to cast a valid ballot at that election. In general, the "registration books must be closed on the 29th day before each election and must remain closed until after that election." § 97.055(1), Fla....
...n the application." If the applicant's actual number did not match the number "provided on the application," a new application was required. And if the new application followed book closing, the applicant was ineligible to vote in that election. See § 97.055(1), Fla....
CopyPublished | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21445, 2004 WL 2421588
...e of Florida. I am a U.S. Citizen. I am a legal resident of Florida. All information on this form is true. I understand that if not true, I can be convicted of a felony of third degree and fined up to $5,000 and imprisoned for up to five years." [4] § 97.055(1), Fla....
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Argued: Oct 11, 2024
before the relevant primary election, id. §
97.055, he has not and will not do so. As a result, Polelle
CopyPublished | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13371, 2007 WL 603053
...vote. Id. After the 2004 election, Florida amended its election code, statutorily prohibiting applicants who submitted incomplete voter registration applications from correcting their deficient applications after the bookclosing deadline. Fla. Stat. § 97.055 (2006)....
...constitutional. Florida law specifies the book-closing date for each election. According to 2006 Florida law, "[t]he registration books must be closed on the 29th day before each election and must remain closed until after that election." Fla. Stat. § 97.055(1) (2006)....
CopyPublished | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
...In so
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The next statewide election is Florida’s presidential primary election, which takes place on
March 17, 2020. Early voting begins on March 7, 2020, and the deadline to register to vote for
the presidential primary is February 18, 2020. See Fla. Stat. § 97.055(1)(a).
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doing, we review the district court’s underlying legal conclusions de novo and its
findings of fact for clear error....
