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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 104
ELECTION CODE: VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES

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F.S. 104.19

104.19 Using stickers or rubber stamps or carrying certain items in voting booth; penalty.—

(1)(a) It is unlawful for any person casting a ballot at any election to use stickers or rubber stamps or to carry into a voting booth any mechanical device, paper, or memorandum which might be used to affect adversely the normal election process.

(b) In casting a write-in ballot, the elector shall cast the same in his or her own handwriting or in the handwriting of an authorized person aiding him or her.

(2) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 7, ch. 25187, 1949; s. 8, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 1, ch. 70-136; s. 39, ch. 71-136; s. 35, ch. 77-175; s. 16, ch. 81-105; s. 622, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 99.201.

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Amendments to 104.19

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 104.19

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

S104.19 1a - ELECTION LAWS - CARRY STICKERS RUBBER STAMP ETC IN VOTE BOOTH - M: S

S104.19 1b - ELECTION LAWS - CAST WRITE IN BALLOT WITH UNAUTH HANDWRITING - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 104.19

Total Results: 3

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Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1987-01-14

Snippet: (knowingly signing petition more than one time); s. 104.19, F.S. (using stickers, rubber stamps, or any device

Phillips v. Lowenstein

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1926-01-23

Citation: 107 So. 350, 91 Fla. 89

Snippet: 10 R. C. L. 739, 743; Vansandt v. Weir, 109 Ala. 104,19 South. Rep. 424. The statute is mandatory, and

Wilkins v. Lewis

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1919-07-01

Citation: 78 Fla. 78, 82 So. 762

Snippet: R. C. L. 739, 743; Vansandt v. Weir, 109 Ala. 104, 19 South. Rep. 424. A married woman cannot give herself