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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 97
QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS

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F.S. 97.061

97.061 Special registration for electors requiring assistance.—

(1) Any person who is eligible to register and who is unable to read or write or who, because of some disability, needs assistance in voting shall upon that person’s request be registered under the procedure prescribed by this section and shall be entitled to receive assistance at the polls under the conditions prescribed by this section.

(2) If a person is qualified to register pursuant to this section, the voter registration official shall note in that person’s registration record that the person needs assistance in voting.

(3) The precinct register generated by the supervisor shall contain a notation that such person is eligible for assistance in voting, and the supervisor may make a notation on the voter information card that such person is eligible for assistance in voting. Such person shall be entitled to receive the assistance of two election officials or some other person of his or her own choice, other than the person’s employer, the agent of the person’s employer, or an officer or agent of the person’s union, without the necessity of executing the “Declaration to Secure Assistance” prescribed in s. 101.051. Such person shall notify the supervisor of any change in his or her condition which makes it unnecessary for him or her to receive assistance in voting.

History.—s. 14, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 318; CGL 375; s. 3, ch. 25388, 1949; s. 6, ch. 25391, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 3, ch. 28156, 1953; s. 1, ch. 59-446; s. 1, ch. 61-358; s. 4, ch. 65-60; s. 3, ch. 77-175; s. 1, ch. 79-366; s. 2, ch. 81-304; s. 1, ch. 84-302; s. 15, ch. 94-224; s. 1384, ch. 95-147; s. 11, ch. 2005-278; s. 26, ch. 2012-116.

Note.—Former ss. 97.06 and 102.21.

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Amendments to 97.061

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 97.061

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 97.061.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 97.061

Total Results: 4

Novotny v. Estate of Dantone

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-06-25

Citation: 848 So. 2d 398, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 9382, 2003 WL 21459551

Snippet: the trustee seeking payment in the amount of $16,097.61 for services rendered to and expenses incurred

Turner v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-12-10

Citation: 701 So. 2d 1271, 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 13902, 1997 WL 761212

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See State v. DiGuilio, 491 So.2d 1129 (Fla.1986); Dufour v. State, 495 So.2d 154 (Fla.1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1101, 107 S.Ct. 1332, 94 L.Ed.2d 183 (1987); Broge v. State, 288 So.2d 280 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974), cert. denied, 295 So.2d 302 (Fla.1974), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 845, 95 S.Ct. 79, 42 L.Ed.2d 74 (1974).

Morrison v. Longley

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-07-21

Citation: 434 So. 2d 1021, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 21675

Snippet: combined with the HLA test, indicated an overall 97.61 percent relative chance that Lloyd was the man.

Wakulla County Absentee Voter Intervenors v. Flack

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1982-09-01

Citation: 419 So. 2d 1124, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21051

Snippet: references to special registration cards under § 97.061, Florida Statutes, and removed from the subsections