The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . . § 104.061(1) (“Whoever by bribery ..., either directly or indirectly, attempts to influence ... any . . .
. . . Counts II & VI, respectively), in the free exercise of their right to vote, in violation of section 104.061 . . . One motion to dismiss sought a declaration that section 104.061 is unconstitutional because the term . . . Yet another motion sought a declaration that section 104.061 is unconstitutional because the terms “threat . . . The defense found no vagueness problem with “other corruption whatsoever” in section 104.061(1), so long . . . The defense reiterated its positions that “menace” in section 104.061 is vague and overbroad and that . . .
. . . See e.g., § 104.061 (providing penalties for corrupt influence of electors); § 104.20 (prohibiting any . . .
. . . . §§ 877.03, 104.11, 104.051, 104.061, 104.091, 104.185, 104.23, and 104.41. . . .
. . . .-051, 104.061, 104.091, 104.185, 104.19, 104.-23 and 104.41. . . .
. . . influencing the electors of Franklin County, and that this activity constituted a violation of Section 104.061 . . . Section 104.061, Florida Statutes, on its face, is confined to nonprotected, clearly criminal conduct . . .
. . . affirmed his conviction of vote buying and construed and passed on the constitutionality of subsection 104.061 . . . Trushin’s third issue alleges that subsection 104.061(2) is unconstitutionally over-broad because it . . . As for the allegation that the promisee must be a registered voter, subsection 104.061(2) speaks only . . . Support for this is found in subsection 104.061(1), where the term “elector” is used. . . . Trushin Law Offices, P.A. .§ 104.061, Fla.Stat. (1977), provides: Corruptly influencing voting.— (1) . . .
. . . crime of vote buying has been defined by a larger conscience and is codified as Florida Statutes § 104.061 . . . Section 104.061(2), Florida Statutes (1979). . . . the buyers of votes should not be prosecuted if the sellers are not (it is not a violation of Section 104.061 . . .
. . . Trushin was found guilty of a violation of that portion of Section 104.061(2), Florida Statutes (1977 . . . a one-count information which, although captioned as one for “corruptly influencing voting under § 104.061 . . . II The Constitutionality of § 104.061(2) The defendant’s first point claims that § 104.061(2) is facially . . . Trushin’s first contention is that § 104.061(2) is void for vagueness. . . . Section 104.061, Florida Statutes (1977) provides, in its entirety: 104.061 Corruptly influencing voting . . .
. . . appellee with violating the following portions of the state election laws: §§ 104.041, 104.051(3), and 104.061 . . . connection with casting votes, uses the language ‘ . . . fraud in connection with any vote. . . . ’ Section 104.061 . . . as it is based on the invalidity of the ballot, we do note that appellee is charged with violating § 104.061 . . . However, examination of Count II in light of § 104.061, convinces us that the offense with which appellee . . . was charged (wrongfully withholding eight absentee ballots) does not fall within the purview of § 104.061 . . .
. . . the ap-pellee, charging her with the crime of corruptly influencing voting, in violation of section 104.061 . . .
. . . “Section 104.061, Florida Statutes, forbids under criminal penalties the use of ‘bribery, menace, threat . . .