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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. 104.20

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.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 104.20

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

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 104.20

Total Results: 4

Simpson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-10-24

Citation: 712 So. 2d 1, 1997 WL 677990

Snippet: suffered a year after her daughter's death and $104.20 for long distance telephone calls to the state

News-Press Publishing Co. v. Firestone

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-05-06

Citation: 527 So. 2d 223, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1085, 15 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1663, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1791

Snippet: penalties for corrupt influence of electors); § 104.20 (prohibiting any elector allowing his ballot to

News-Press Pub. Co., Inc. v. Firestone

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-05-06

Citation: 527 So. 2d 223, 1988 WL 42226

Snippet: penalties for corrupt influence of electors); § 104.20 (prohibiting any elector allowing his ballot to

Bryan v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-10-18

Citation: 156 So. 2d 885

Snippet: a 90 day “fine and cost” bond in the sum of $3,104.20 conditioned to pay to the sheriff $3000 and costs