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Florida Statute 101.5604 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 101.5604 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 101.5604 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
101.5604 Adoption of system; procurement of equipment; commercial tabulations.The board of county commissioners of any county, at any regular meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose, may, upon consultation with the supervisor of elections, adopt, purchase or otherwise procure, and provide for the use of any electronic or electromechanical voting system approved by the Department of State in all or a portion of the election precincts of that county. Thereafter the electronic or electromechanical voting system may be used for voting at all elections for public and party offices and on all measures and for receiving, registering, and counting the votes thereof in such election precincts as the governing body directs. A county must use an electronic or electromechanical precinct-count tabulation voting system.
History.s. 4, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 16, ch. 2001-40.

Cases Citing F.S. 101.5604

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·Robert Wexler v. Arthur Anderson, 452 F.3d 1226 (11th Cir. 2006).

Cited 33 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 15080, 2006 WL 1685802

...tronic voting and for certifying electronic voting systems for use in the state. See Fla. Stat. §§ 101.5601-101.5614. Each county may then choose its own voting equipment from among those systems certified by the Department of State. Fla. Stat. § 101.5604; see also Fla....
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·Sarasota All. for Fair Elections, Inc. v. Browning, 28 So. 3d 880 (Fla. 2010).

Cited 15 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 101, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 218, 2010 WL 455276

...See § 101.015(4)(b)-(c), Fla. Stat. (2006). The board of county commissioners, in consultation with the supervisor of elections, also has the authority to adopt an electronic voting system from those that have been approved by the Department of State. See §§ 101.293, 101.5604, Fla....
...The Election Code provides that " [t]he board of county commissioners of any county ... may, upon consultation with the supervisor of elections, adopt, purchase or otherwise procure, and provide for the use of any electronic or electomechanical voting system approved by the Department. " § 101.5604, Fla....
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·Browning v. Sarasota All., 968 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2007 WL 3170111

...been placed on the ballot. *655 Although the legislature has passed extensive and inclusive laws regarding the governance of elections, it has not chosen to prescribe the type of voting machine that is to be used throughout the State of Florida. See § 101.5604, Fla....
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·Wexler v. Lepore, 878 So. 2d 1276 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).

Cited 8 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2004 WL 1753408

...It has the authority to approve or disapprove any voting system. See §§ 101.015 & 101.5605, Fla. Stat. (2003). The Board of *1279 County Commissioners, after consultation with the Supervisor of Elections, may approve, purchase or procure the use of, an approved voting system. See § 101.5604, Fla....
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·Wexler v. Lepore, 319 F. Supp. 2d 1354 (S.D. Fla. 2004).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9820, 2004 WL 1196548

...Upon approval of an electronic voting system by the Department *1357 of State, the board of county commissioners of any county, after consultation with the supervisor of elections, may approve, purchase, or procure the use of said voting system. Fla. Stat. § 101.5604; see also Fla....
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·Wexler v. Lepore, 342 F. Supp. 2d 1097 (S.D. Fla. 2004).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21344, 2004 WL 2421584

...may, upon consultation with the supervisor of elections, adopt, purchase or otherwise procure, and provide for the use of any electronic or electromechanical voting system approved by the Department of State in all or a portion of the election precincts of that county." Fla. Stat. § 101.5604; see also Fla....
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