(1) This section may be cited as the “Voter Protection Act.”
(2) A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten to use force, violence, or intimidation or any tactic of coercion or intimidation to induce or compel an individual to:
(a) Vote or refrain from voting;
(b) Vote or refrain from voting for any particular individual or ballot measure;
(c) Refrain from registering to vote; or
(d) Refrain from acting as a legally authorized election official or poll watcher.
(3) A person may not knowingly use false information to:
(a) Challenge an individual’s right to vote;
(b) Induce or attempt to induce an individual to refrain from voting or registering to vote; or
(c) Induce or attempt to induce an individual to refrain from acting as a legally authorized election official or poll watcher.
(4) A person may not knowingly destroy, mutilate, or deface a voter registration form or election ballot or obstruct or delay the delivery of a voter registration form or election ballot.
(5) A person who violates subsection (2), subsection (3), or subsection (4) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 76, ch. 2005-277.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title IX - Electors and Elections
Chapter 104 - Election Code: Violations; Penalties
104.013 - Unauthorized Use, Possession, or Destruction of Voter Information Card.
104.031 - False Declaration to Secure Assistance in Preparing Ballot.
104.041 - Fraud in Connection With Casting Vote.
104.047 - Vote-by-Mail Ballots and Voting; Violations.
104.051 - Violations; Neglect of Duty; Corrupt Practices.
104.0515 - Voting Rights; Deprivation Of, or Interference With, Prohibited; Penalty.
104.061 - Corruptly Influencing Voting.
104.0615 - Voter Intimidation or Suppression Prohibited; Criminal Penalties.
104.0616 - Vote-by-Mail Ballots and Voting; Violations.
104.071 - Remuneration by Candidate for Services, Support, etc.; Penalty.
104.081 - Threats of Employers to Control Votes of Employees.
104.091 - Aiding, Abetting, Advising, or Conspiring in Violation of the Code.
104.101 - Failure to Assist Officers at Polls.
104.11 - Neglect of Duty by Sheriff or Other Officer.
104.13 - Intermingling Ballots.
104.15 - Unqualified Electors Willfully Voting.
104.16 - Voting Fraudulent Ballot.
104.17 - Voting in Person After Casting Vote-by-Mail Ballot.
104.18 - Casting More Than One Ballot at Any Election.
104.186 - Initiative Petitions; Violations.
104.187 - Initiative Petitions; Registration.
104.19 - Using Stickers or Rubber Stamps or Carrying Certain Items in Voting Booth; Penalty.
104.20 - Ballot Not to Be Seen, and Other Offenses.
104.21 - Changing Electors’ Ballots.
104.22 - Stealing and Destroying Records, etc., of Election.
104.23 - Disclosing How Elector Votes.
104.24 - Penalty for Assuming Name.
104.26 - Penalty for Destroying Ballot or Booth, Etc.
104.2715 - False Representations of Military Service; Penalty.
104.29 - Inspectors Refusing to Allow Watchers While Ballots Are Counted.
104.30 - Voting System; Unlawful Possession; Tampering.
104.31 - Political Activities of State, County, and Municipal Officers and Employees.
104.32 - Supervisor of Elections; Delivery of Books to Successor.
104.39 - Witnesses as to Violations.
104.41 - Violations Not Otherwise Provided For.
104.42 - Fraudulent Registration and Illegal Voting; Investigation.