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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. 104.26

104.26 Penalty for destroying ballot or booth, etc.—Any person who wrongfully, during or before an election, removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any ballot, booth, compartment, or other convenience provided for the purpose of enabling the elector to prepare his or her ballot, or any card for the instruction of the voter, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 8, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 46, ch. 71-136; s. 35, ch. 77-175; s. 626, ch. 95-147.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 104.26

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

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Cases Citing Statute 104.26

Total Results: 13

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 disclosing how an elector votes); § 104.26 (providing penalties for destroying ballots or

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 disclosing how an elector votes); § 104.26 (providing penalties for destroying ballots or

City of Miami v. IC Sales, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1973-04-17

Citation: 276 So. 2d 214

Snippet: ex rel. Bonsteel v. Allen, 83 Fla. 214, 91 So. 104, 26 A.L.R. 735; Di Lustro v. Penton, 106 Fla. 198,

Moore v. Thompson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-12-16

Citation: 126 So. 2d 543

Snippet: ex rel. Bonsteel v. Allen, 83 Fla. 214, 91 So. 104, 26 A.L.R. 735; Perry Trading Co. v. City of Tallahassee

Light v. Meginniss

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1945-06-07

Citation: 22 So. 2d 455, 156 Fla. 61, 1945 Fla. LEXIS 749

Snippet: ex rel. Bonsteel v. Allen, 83 Fla. 241,91 So. 104, 26 A.L.R. 725, we held: "Where the title of an Act

Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. Pan American Airways, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-05-02

Citation: 188 So. 820, 137 Fla. 808, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1917

Snippet: Bonsteel, v. Allen, 83 Fla. 214, 91 South. Rep. 104,26 A.L.R. 735, where it was said: "The contention

State Ex Rel. Lawson v. Woodruff

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1938-10-21

Citation: 184 So. 81, 134 Fla. 437

Snippet: See State, exrel., v. Allen, 83 Fla. 214, 91 So. 104, 26 A.L.R. 735; Freeman v. Tittsworth, 126 Fla. 483

C. v. Floyd Fruit Co. v. Florida Citrus Commission

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1937-05-31

Citation: 175 So. 248, 128 Fla. 565

Snippet: ex rel. Bonsteel, v. Allen, 83 Fla. 214,91 So. 104, 26 A.L.R. 735; Jackson v. Neff, 64 Fla. 326, 60 So

State Ex Rel. Lane Drug Stores, Inc. v. Simpson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1935-11-26

Citation: 166 So. 227, 122 Fla. 582

Snippet: be upheld." State v. Allen,83 Fla. 214, 91 So. 104, 26 A.L.R. 735; Jackson v. Neff, 64 Fla. 326, 60 So

Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Amos

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1932-04-04

Citation: 141 So. 153, 104 Fla. 609

Snippet: Stateex rel. Bonsteel vs. Allen 93 Fla. 214, 91 So. 104, 26 A.L.R. 735; Hiers vs. Mitchell, 95 Fla. 345, 116

McConville v. Ft. Pierce Bk. Tr. Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-05-29

Citation: 135 So. 392, 101 Fla. 727

Snippet: case of the State v. Allen, 83 Fla. 214, 91 So. 104, 26 A. L. H. 735, it was held that: "Where the title

Brownson v. Hannah

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1927-02-11

Citation: 111 So. 731, 93 Fla. 223

Snippet: Brewer in the case of Schmucker v. Sibert,18 Kan. 104, 26 Am. Rep. 765. To the same effect is the case of

Semple v. Semple

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1925-06-09

Citation: 105 So. 134, 90 Fla. 7

Snippet: and justice or frustrating fraud. See 39 Cyc. 26-104; 26 R.C.L. 1214-1232. Reduced to their last analysis