CopyCited 12 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8699, 1988 WL 82284
...designed to increase participation among black electors in City elections, including the following: (a) a program to monitor the City's compliance with the statutory procedures for offering voting instructions to electors as specified in Fla. Stat. § 101.5611 (1985); (b) a voter education program designed to reduce occurrences of overvoting in City elections; (c) a voter education program through the City's public schools and civic organizations regarding the proper use of the City's votomatic...
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3041924
...The Florida Democratic Party filed a complaint for emergency declaratory and injunctive relief arguing that it is not the role of the Secretary or the supervisors to present information to the electors at the polling place about the substitution of candidates on the ballot. Section 101.5611(1), Florida Statutes, "Instructions to electors," states that the supervisors "shall provide instruction at each polling place regarding the manner of voting with the system....
...The Department of State is authorized to provide informational cards containing "information about how to vote and such other information as the Department of State may deem necessary" to the supervisors for the voters' use. §
101.031(1), Fla. Stat. Six of the eight supervisors appeared in circuit court and argued that section
101.5611(1), Florida Statutes, authorizes the supervisors to "provide instruction at each polling place regarding the manner of voting with the system." In addition, the Voter's Bill of Rights provides that voters have the right to ask for an...
...polling place regarding "the manner of voting with the system," the trial court found that the statutes did not provide the authority to post notices regarding a particular race. The trial court found the phrase "manner of voting with the system" in section 101.5611(1), Florida Statutes, cannot not be interpreted to mean that the supervisors were authorized to provide guidance as to the "manner of voting" in a particular race....
...1st DCA Aug.8, 2006) (" Krivanek stands for the proposition that election officials are accorded deference in interpreting election laws and performing their duties."). The pertinent statutes relating to the responsibilities of election officials to provide voter information are sections
97.012,
101.031(1),
101.031(2), and
101.5611(1), Florida Statutes, which state:
97.012 Secretary of State as chief election officer....
...ies in the following form: VOTER'S BILL OF RIGHTS . . . . 7. Written instructions to use when voting, and, upon request, oral instructions in voting from elections officers. . . . . VOTER RESPONSIBILITIES . . . . 9. Ask questions, if needed. . . . . 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....
