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Fla. Stat. § 101.5611 (2025)
Instructions to electors.
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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. In instructing voters, no precinct official may favor any political party, candidate, or issue. Such instruction shall show the arrangement of candidates and questions to be voted on. Additionally, the supervisor of elections shall provide instruction on the proper method of casting a ballot for the specific voting system utilized in that jurisdiction. Such instruction shall be provided at a place which voters must pass to reach the official voting booth.
(2) The supervisor of elections shall have posted at each polling place a notice that reads: “A person who commits or attempts to commit any fraud in connection with voting, votes a fraudulent ballot, or votes more than once in an election can be convicted of a felony of the third degree and fined up to $5,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years.”
History.—s. 11, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 581, ch. 95-147; s. 12, ch. 98-129; s. 12, ch. 2002-17.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1988–2006 · leading case: Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000).
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000). “46 (1992); each polling place on election day contains a working model of the voting machine it uses, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 101.5611 (Supp. 2001); and each voting booth contains a sample ballot, § 101.”
Cobb v. Thurman, 957 So. 2d 638 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). “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.”
Warren v. City of Tampa, 693 F. Supp. 1051 (M.D. Fla. 1988). “§ 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 equipment; (d) a program of…”
— 101.5611(1) — 1 case
Cobb v. Thurman, 957 So. 2d 638 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). “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.”
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