CRC - 2017                                                  P 62
       
       
        
       By Commissioner Schifino
       
       schifinow-00066-17                                      201762__
    1                         A proposal to amend                       
    2         Section 5 of Article VI of the State Constitution to
    3         authorize a qualified elector who is registered with
    4         no party affiliation to vote a primary election ballot
    5         of a political party.
    6          
    7  Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
    8  Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 5 of Article VI of the State Constitution is
   11  amended to read:
   12                             ARTICLE VI                            
   13                       SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS                      
   14         SECTION 5. Primary, general, and special elections.—
   15         (a) A general election shall be held in each county on the
   16  first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even
   17  numbered year to choose a successor to each elective state and
   18  county officer whose term will expire before the next general
   19  election and, except as provided herein, to fill each vacancy in
   20  elective office for the unexpired portion of the term. A general
   21  election may be suspended or delayed due to a state of emergency
   22  or impending emergency pursuant to general law. Special
   23  elections and referenda shall be held as provided by law.
   24         (b) If all candidates for an office have the same party
   25  affiliation and the winner will have no opposition in the
   26  general election, all qualified electors, regardless of party
   27  affiliation, may vote in the primary elections for that office.
   28         (c) A qualified elector who is registered with no party
   29  affiliation may choose to vote a primary election ballot of a
   30  political party; however, a qualified elector who is registered
   31  with a political party designation may vote only in a primary
   32  election of the political party which he or she has designated.