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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 100
GENERAL, PRIMARY, SPECIAL, BOND, AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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F.S. 100.241
100.241 Freeholder voting; election; penalties for ineligible persons who vote as freeholders.
(1) In any election or referendum in which only electors who are freeholders are qualified to vote, the regular registration books covering the precincts located within the geographical area in which the election or referendum is to be held shall be used.
(2) Qualification and registration of electors participating in a freeholder election or referendum subject to this section shall be the same as prescribed for voting in other elections under this code, and, in addition, each such elector shall submit a written declaration, verified pursuant to s. 92.525, affirming that the elector is a freeholder who is a qualified elector residing in the county, district, or municipality in which the election or referendum is to be held.
(3) Each registered elector who submits the written declaration giving a legal description, address, or location of property in the elector’s name which is not wholly exempt from taxation is entitled to vote in the election or referendum and is considered a freeholder.
(4) The actual costs of conducting a freeholder election or referendum subject to this section shall be paid by the county, district, or municipality requiring the election or referendum.
(5) A person may not vote in any county, district, or other election or referendum which is limited to a vote of the electors who are freeholders, unless the person is a freeholder and a qualified elector. A person who violates this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 1, ch. 9294, 1923; CGL 250; ss. 4, 6, 14, ch. 14715, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 457(4), (6), (14); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 1, ch. 61-332; s. 5, ch. 65-240; s. 5, ch. 69-377; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 2, ch. 91-224; s. 548, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 2012-156.
Note.Former ss. 98.03, 103.04, 103.06, 103.14.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 100.241
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S100.241 5 - ELECTION LAWS - NON QUALIFIED ELECTOR FREEHOLDER - M: F

Cases Citing Statute 100.241

Total Results: 6

SPECIAL TAX SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1 OF DUVAL CTY. v. State

123 So. 2d 316, 1960 Fla. LEXIS 2333

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 1960 | Docket: 1234629

Cited 2 times | Published

who qualified pursuant to the provisions of Section 100.241 (2) (d),[10] Florida Statutes, F.S.A. appeared

State v. County of Sarasota

155 So. 2d 543, 1963 Fla. LEXIS 2923

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 29, 1963 | Docket: 60214123

Cited 1 times | Published

qualified at the polls under subsection (2) (d) of § 100.241, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., 14,379 being a majority

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Jan 21, 1980 | Docket: 3256764

Published

provide for freeholders' elections or referenda. Section 100.241 provides in pertinent part: (2) Qualification

State v. County of Sarasota

197 So. 2d 521, 1967 Fla. LEXIS 4084

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 5, 1967 | Docket: 64500512

Published

under the provisions of Subsection (4-) of Section 100.241, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., [2] that 15,436

State v. County of Dade

125 So. 2d 833, 1960 Fla. LEXIS 2070

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 1960 | Docket: 60196387

Published

qualified by signing affidavits in compliance with Section 100.241(2) (d), Florida Statutes, F.S.A. Freeholders’

Board of Public Instruction ex rel. Special Tax School District Number One v. State

119 So. 2d 683, 1960 Fla. LEXIS 2384

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 16, 1960 | Docket: 60194725

Published

challenges that part of the validation decree holding § 100.241, Florida Statutes, F.S.A., unconstitutional. We