Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 104.0615 (2025)
Voter intimidation or suppression prohibited; criminal penalties.
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104.0615 Voter intimidation or suppression prohibited; criminal penalties.—
(1) This section may be cited as the “Voter Protection Act.”
(2) A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten to use force, violence, or intimidation or any tactic of coercion or intimidation to induce or compel an individual to:
(a) Vote or refrain from voting;
(b) Vote or refrain from voting for any particular individual or ballot measure;
(c) Refrain from registering to vote; or
(d) Refrain from acting as a legally authorized election official or poll watcher.
(3) A person may not knowingly use false information to:
(a) Challenge an individual’s right to vote;
(b) Induce or attempt to induce an individual to refrain from voting or registering to vote; or
(c) Induce or attempt to induce an individual to refrain from acting as a legally authorized election official or poll watcher.
(4) A person may not knowingly destroy, mutilate, or deface a voter registration form or election ballot or obstruct or delay the delivery of a voter registration form or election ballot.
History.—s. 76, ch. 2005-277.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2006–2008 · leading case: League of Women Voters of Florida v. Cobb
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Cobb (2006)
“These fines are in addition to any applicable criminal penalties, including the provisions of Fla. Stat. § 104.0615 (4), which makes it a violation of the law to “knowingly destroy, mutilate, or deface a voter registration form or election ballot or obstruct or delay the…”
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning (2008)
“(c) A fine in the amount of ,000 for each application collected by a third-party voter registration organization or any person, entity, or agent acting on its behalf, which is not submitted to the division or supervisor of elections.”
American Ass'n of People With Disabilities v. Herrera (2008)
“” Fla. Stat. Ann. § 104.0615 (4). The existence of this statute was significant to the League of Women Voters court: Next, Defendants have not addressed why the Third-Party Voter Registration Law’s civil penalties scheme is necessary given that Florida law already imposes…”
— 104.0615(4) — 1 case
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Browning (2008)
“(c) A fine in the amount of ,000 for each application collected by a third-party voter registration organization or any person, entity, or agent acting on its behalf, which is not submitted to the division or supervisor of elections.”
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