The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 101
VOTING METHODS AND PROCEDURE

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F.S. 101.5611

101.5611 Instructions to electors.—

(1) The supervisor of elections shall provide instruction at each polling place regarding the manner of voting with the system. In instructing voters, no precinct official may favor any political party, candidate, or issue. Such instruction shall show the arrangement of candidates and questions to be voted on. Additionally, the supervisor of elections shall provide instruction on the proper method of casting a ballot for the specific voting system utilized in that jurisdiction. Such instruction shall be provided at a place which voters must pass to reach the official voting booth.

(2) The supervisor of elections shall have posted at each polling place a notice that reads: “A person who commits or attempts to commit any fraud in connection with voting, votes a fraudulent ballot, or votes more than once in an election can be convicted of a felony of the third degree and fined up to $5,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years.”

History.—s. 11, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 581, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 98-129; s. 12, ch. 2002-17.

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Amendments to 101.5611

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 101.5611

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 101.5611.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

M. COBB, v. THURMAN, St. A. V., 957 So. 2d 638 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

. . . Section 101.5611(1), Florida Statutes, “Instructions to electors,” states that the supervisors “shall . . . Six of the eight supervisors appeared in circuit court and argued that section 101.5611(1), Florida Statutes . . . The trial court found the phrase “manner of voting with the system” in section 101.5611(1), Florida Statutes . . . of election officials to provide voter information are sections 97.012, 101.031(1), 101.031(2), and 101.5611 . . . Ask questions, if needed. 101.5611 Instructions to electors.— (1) The supervisor of elections shall provide . . .

BUSH v. GORE, 531 U.S. 98 (U.S. 2000)

. . . . § 101.5611 (Supp. 2001); and each voting booth contains a sample ballot, § 101.46. . . .

E. WARREN, v. CITY OF TAMPA,, 693 F. Supp. 1051 (M.D. Fla. 1988)

. . . . § 101.5611 (1985); (b) a voter education program designed to reduce occurrences of overvoting in City . . .