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Fla. Stat. § 104.20 (2025)
Ballot not to be seen, and other offenses.
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104.20 Ballot not to be seen, and other offenses.—Any elector who, except as provided by law, allows his or her ballot to be seen by any person; takes or removes, or attempts to take or remove, any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls; places any mark on his or her ballot by which it may be identified; endeavors to induce any elector to show how he or she voted; aids or attempts to aid any elector unlawfully; or prints or procures to be printed, or has in his or her possession, any copies of any ballot prepared to be voted is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.—s. 55, ch. 4328, 1895; s. 2, ch. 4536, 1897; GS 3835; RGS 5897; CGL 8161; s. 8, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 40, ch. 71-136; s. 35, ch. 77-175; s. 623, ch. 95-147; s. 19, ch. 2002-281.
Note.—Former s. 99.34.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 104.20
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§104.20ELECTION LAWSSHOW REMOVE MARK BALLOT VOTING VIOLATIONS
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1988–1988 · leading case: News-Press Publ'g Co. v. Firestone, 527 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988).
News-Press Publ'g Co. v. Firestone, 527 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). “22 (providing penalties for stealing and destroying election records); § 104.23 (providing penalties for disclosing how an elector votes); § 104.”
News-Press Pub. Co., Inc. v. Firestone, 527 So. 2d 223 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988). “23 (providing penalties for disclosing how an elector votes); § 104.”
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