Florida Statute 104.185 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 104
ELECTION CODE: VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES

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104.185 Petitions; knowingly signing more than once; signing another person’s name or a fictitious name.—

(1) A person who knowingly signs a petition or petitions for a candidate, a minor political party, or an issue more than one time commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(2) A person who signs another person’s name or a fictitious name to any petition, or who fills in missing information on a signed petition, to secure ballot position for a candidate, a minor political party, or an issue commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 1, ch. 77-178; s. 6, ch. 91-224; s. 23, ch. 97-13; s. 27, ch. 2022-73; s. 12, ch. 2025-21.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 104.185

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

S104.185 - FRAUD - KNOWINGLY SIGN PETITION MORE THAN ONE TIME - M: F

S104.185 1 - ELECTION LAWS - SIGN PETITION FOR CANDIDATE MORE THAN ONCE - M: F

S104.185 2 - ELECTION LAWS - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9684 - M: F

S104.185 2 - ELECTION LAWS - SIGN ANOTHER NAME TO SECURE BALLOT POSITION - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 104.185

Total Results: 1

Browning v. Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc.

29 So. 3d 1053, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 120, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 217, 2010 WL 546768

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 18, 2010 | Docket: 1185383

Cited 8 times | Published

0095(12) (“Irrevocable Effect of Revocation”); § 104.185(1), Fla. Stat. (2007) (providing that it is a

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