Florida Statute 101.51 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 101
VOTING METHODS AND PROCEDURE

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F.S. 101.51

101.51 Electors to occupy booth alone.—

(1) When the elector presents himself or herself to vote, an election official shall permit the elector to enter the booth or compartment to cast his or her vote, allowing only one elector at a time to pass through to vote. An elector, while casting his or her ballot, may not occupy a booth or compartment already occupied or speak with anyone, except as provided by s. 101.051.

(2) After casting his or her vote, the elector shall at once leave the polling room by the exit opening and shall not be permitted to reenter on any pretext whatever.

History.—ss. 44, 45, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 228, 229; RGS 273, 274; CGL 329, 330; s. 20, ch. 13893, 1929; 1936 Supp. 337(20); s. 5, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 25, ch. 65-380; s. 18, ch. 77-175; s. 574, ch. 95-147; s. 11, ch. 2002-281; s. 34, ch. 2005-277; s. 19, ch. 2008-95.

Note.—Former ss. 99.27, 99.28, 100.20.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 101.51

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 101.51.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 101.51

Total Results: 8

Browning v. Sarasota Alliance

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-10-31

Citation: 968 So. 2d 637, 2007 WL 3170111

Snippet: .67, .68, .6921, .6923, .6925, .698). Section 101.051 outlines the procedures to handle electors' requests

Rosenthal v. Esquinaldo

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-12-20

Citation: 443 So. 2d 281, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 25251

Snippet: there was substantial compliance with section 101.051(3), Florida Statutes (1981), see Boardman v. Esteva

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: assistance in casting those ballots contrary to Section 101.-051, Florida Statutes. By that portion of its verdict

Matter of Interest on Trust Accounts

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-07-16

Citation: 402 So. 2d 389, 1981 Fla. LEXIS 2814

Snippet: 85 L.Ed. 75 (1940); Poe v. Seaborn, 282 U.S. 101, 51 S.Ct. 58, 75 L.Ed. 239 (1930). In its efforts to

Flack v. Carter

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-12-23

Citation: 392 So. 2d 37

Snippet: assistance from another person in violation of § 101.051, Florida Statutes. It is apparent that the appellant's

Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1920-06-30

Citation: 80 Fla. 441, 86 So. 629

Snippet: " In Black v. Rock Island A L. R. Co. 125 La. 101, 51 South. Rep. 82,26 L.R.A. (N.S.) 166, the court

Yaeger v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1919-08-12

Citation: 78 Fla. 354, 83 So. 525

Snippet: Illinois in the cases of Lippman v. People, 175 Ill. 101, 51 N. E. Rep. 872, and Horwich v. Walker-Gordon Laboratory

Dallas v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1918-08-15

Citation: 76 Fla. 358, 79 So. 690

Snippet: Rep. 518; Creighton v. State, 41 Tex. Crim. Rep. 101, 51 S. W. Rep. 910. In Safford v. People, 1 Parker’s