Rules
Webpage last updated: March 18, 2024
Adopted Rules
Visit the Florida Administrative Code and Florida Administrative Register's homepage to sign up for notices of rulemaking and to view current and past Division of Elections’ Rules within these three chapters.
- Chapter 1S-2 - Elections
- Chapter 1S-5 - Certification of Electronic Electromechanical Voting Systems
- Chapter 1S-9 - Elections Emergency Contingency Plan
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Emergency Rules
No emergency rules at this time.
Proposed Rules and Rule Changes
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Rule 1S-2.015 Minimum Security Procedures
- Notice of Rule Development – Workshop held on May 5, 2022
- Proposed Rule Revision
- Proposed DS-DE XXX Minimum Security Procedures Standards and Compliance Checklist
Rule 1S-2.027 Standards for Determining Voter's Choice on a Ballot
- Notice of Rule Development – Workshop held on January 1, 2024
Rule 1S-2.034 Polling Place Procedures Manual
- Notice of Rule Development (Fla. Admin. Register)
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS:
DATE AND TIME: March 25, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Heritage Hall (Department of State Auditorium), R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399
Call-in also available at: 1(888)585-9008; Conference Room # 201-297-717
Rule 1S-2.040 Statewide Voter Registration Application
- Notice of Change with rule text (Fla. Admin. Register)
- DS-DE 39 Statewide Voter Registration Application
- Notice of Meeting/Public Hearing – Hearing held on January 18, 2024
- For coded rule text and proposed form, see links below under Notice of Proposed Rule
- Notice of Proposed Rule with coded text – Rule hearing scheduled for January 9, 2024, was canceled due to state office closures in Panhandle for inclement weather – to be rescheduled.
- Notice of Rule Development – Workshop held on October 11, 2023
- Notice of Rule Development (including coded text) – Workshop held on June 6, 2022
Rule 1S-2.052 Delivery of Vote-by-Mail Ballots
- Notice of Proposed Rule with coded text (Fla. Admin. Register)
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS, A RULE HEARING WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS:
DATE AND TIME: April 9, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
PLACE: Heritage Hall (Department of State Auditorium), R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399
Call-in also available at: 1(888)585-9008; Conference Room # 201-297-717
- Notice of Meeting/Public Hearing – Rule hearing held, February 20, 2024
Rule 1S-2.055 Vote-by-Mail Requests
- Notice of Change (coded text) (12/21/2023)
- 2nd Notice of Proposed Rule (including proposed rule revision) - Rule hearing held November 1, 2023
- Notice of Proposed Rule (including proposed rule revision) - Rule hearing held on September 8, 2023
- Notice of Rule Development (with proposed text) – Workshop held on July 10, 2023
Rule 1S-2.056 Signature Matching and Verification
- Notice of Rule Development with coded text (Fla. Admin. Register)
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS:
DATE AND TIME: March 25, 2024, at 11:00 a.m.
PLACE: Heritage Hall (Department of State Auditorium), R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399
Call-in also available at: 1(888)585-9008; Conference Room # 201-297-717