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101.001 - Precincts and Polling Places; Boundaries. - (1) The board of county commissioners in each county, upon...
101.002 - Use of System by Municipalities. - (1) The board of county commissioners, with the concurrence of...
101.015 - Standards for Voting Systems. - (1) The Department of State shall adopt rules which establish...
101.017 - Bureau of Voting Systems Certification. - History.—s. 16, ch. 89-348; s. 20, ch. 90-315. Note.—Former s....
101.019 - Ranked-Choice Voting Prohibited. - (1) A ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank...
101.021 - Elector to Vote the Primary Ballot of the Political Party in Which He or She Is Registered. - History.—s. 41, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 345; CGL 402; s....
101.031 - Instructions for Electors. - (1) The Department of State, or in case of municipal...
101.041 - Secret Voting. - History.—s. 24, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 178; s. 28, ch....
101.043 - Identification Required at Polls. - (1)(a) The precinct register, as prescribed in s. 98.461, shall...
101.045 - Electors Must Be Registered in Precinct; Provisions for Change of Residence or Name. - (1) A person is not permitted to vote in any...
101.048 - Provisional Ballots. - (1) At all elections, a voter claiming to be properly...
101.049 - Provisional Ballots; Special Circumstances. - (1) Any person who votes in an election after the...
101.051 - Electors Seeking Assistance in Casting Ballots; Oath to Be Executed; Forms to Be Furnished. - (1) Any elector applying to vote in any election who...
101.111 - Voter Challenges. - (1)(a) Any registered elector or poll watcher of a county...
101.131 - Watchers at Polls. - (1) Each political party and each candidate may have one...
101.151 - Specifications for Ballots. - (1)(a) Marksense ballots shall be printed on paper of such...
101.161 - Referenda; Ballots. - (1) Whenever a constitutional amendment or other public measure is...
101.171 - Copy of Constitutional Amendment to Be Available at Voting Locations. - History.—s. 1, ch. 5405, 1905; RGS 263; CGL 319; s....
101.20 - Publication of Ballot Form; Sample Ballots. - (1) Two sample ballots shall be furnished to each polling...
101.21 - Official Ballots; Number; Printing; Payment. - History.—ss. 29, 37, ch. 4328, 1895; s. 11, ch. 4537,...
101.23 - Election Inspector to Keep List of Those Voting. - History.—s. 58, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 236; RGS 281; CGL...
101.24 - Ballot Boxes and Ballots. - History.—s. 26, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 180; s. 7, ch....
101.2512 - Candidates’ Names on General Election Ballots. - (1) The supervisor of elections shall print on the general...
101.2515 - Translation of Ballot Language. - History.—s. 1, ch. 94-300.
101.252 - Candidates Entitled to Have Names Printed on Certain Ballots; Exception. - (1) Any candidate for nomination who has qualified as prescribed...
101.254 - When Nominated Names to Appear in Groups or Districts. - History.—s. 52, ch. 6469, 1913; s. 8, ch. 6874, 1915;...
101.292 - Definitions; Ss. 101.292-101.295. - (1) “Governing body” means the board of county commissioners of...
101.293 - Competitive Sealed Bids and Proposals Required. - (1) Any purchase of voting equipment, the individual or combined...
101.294 - Purchase and Sale of Voting Equipment. - (1) The Division of Elections of the Department of State...
101.295 - Penalties for Violation. - (1) Any member of a governing body which purchases or...
101.34 - Custody of Voting System. - History.—s. 3-A, ch. 22018, 1943; s. 4, ch. 24089, 1947;...
101.341 - Prohibited Activities by Voting System Custodians and Deputy Custodians. - (1) No voting system custodian or deputy custodian or other...
101.43 - Substitute Ballot. - History.—s. 15, ch. 13893, 1929; CGL 1936 Supp. 337(15); s....
101.49 - Procedure of Election Officers Where Signatures Differ. - (1) Whenever any clerk or inspector, upon a just comparison...
101.51 - Electors to Occupy Booth Alone. - (1) When the elector presents himself or herself to vote,...
101.545 - Retention and Destruction of Certain Election Materials. - History.—s. 20, ch. 77-175; s. 15, ch. 2001-60; s. 18,...
101.5601 - Short Title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 73-156; s. 9, ch. 2002-17.
101.5602 - Purpose. - History.—s. 2, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 7,...
101.5603 - Definitions Relating to Electronic Voting Systems Act. - (1) “Automatic tabulating equipment” includes apparatus necessary to automatically examine,...
101.5604 - Adoption of System; Procurement of Equipment; Commercial Tabulations. - History.—s. 4, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 16,...
101.56042 - Punch Card Type Systems Prohibited. - History.—s. 17, ch. 2001-40.
101.5605 - Examination and Approval of Equipment. - (1) The Department of State shall publicly examine all makes...
101.5606 - Requirements for Approval of Systems. - (1) It permits and requires voting in secrecy. (2) It...
101.56062 - Standards for Accessible Voting Systems. - (1) Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, each...
101.56063 - Accessibility of Voting Systems and Polling Places; Intent; Eligibility for Federal Funding. - History.—s. 13, ch. 2002-281.
101.56064 - Application for Federal Funds Under Ch. 2002-281. - History.—s. 21, ch. 2002-281.
101.56065 - Voting System Defects; Disclosure; Investigations; Penalties. - (1) For purposes of this section, the term: (a) “Defect”...
101.5607 - Department of State to Maintain Voting System Information; Prepare Software. - (1)(a) Copies of the program codes and the user and...
101.56075 - Voting Methods. - History.—s. 6, ch. 2007-30; s. 5, ch. 2010-167; s. 33,...
101.5608 - Voting by Electronic or Electromechanical Method; Procedures. - (1) Each elector desiring to vote shall be identified to...
101.5610 - Inspection of Ballot by Election Board. - History.—s. 10, ch. 73-156; s. 14, ch. 84-302; s. 4,...
101.5611 - Instructions to Electors. - (1) The supervisor of elections shall provide instruction at each...
101.5612 - Testing of Tabulating Equipment. - (1) All electronic or electromechanical voting systems shall be thoroughly...
101.5613 - Examination of Equipment During Voting. - History.—s. 13, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 16,...
101.5614 - Canvass of Returns. - (1) As soon as the polls are closed, the election...
101.572 - Public Inspection of Ballots. - (1) The official ballots and ballot cards received from election...
101.58 - Supervising and Observing Registration and Election Processes. - (1) The Department of State may, at any time it...
101.591 - Voting System Audit. - (1) Immediately following the certification of each election, the county...
101.5911 - Rulemaking Authority for Voting System Audit Procedures. - History.—s. 9, ch. 2007-30.
101.595 - Analysis and Reports of Voting Problems. - (1) No later than December 15 of each general election...
101.6101 - Short Title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 87-364.
101.6102 - Mail Ballot Elections; Limitations. - (1)(a) An election may be conducted by mail ballot if:...
101.6103 - Mail Ballot Election Procedure. - (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7), the supervisor...
101.6104 - Challenge of Votes. - History.—s. 1, ch. 87-364; s. 586, ch. 95-147.
101.6105 - Vote-by-Mail Voting. - History.—s. 1, ch. 87-364; s. 15, ch. 2016-37.
101.6106 - Application of Other Election Laws. - History.—s. 1. ch. 87-364.
101.6107 - Department of State to Adopt Rules. - History.—s. 1, ch. 87-364.
101.62 - Request for Vote-by-Mail Ballots. - (1)(a) The supervisor shall accept a request for a vote-by-mail...
101.64 - Delivery of Vote-by-Mail Ballots; Envelopes; Form. - (1)(a) The supervisor shall enclose with each vote-by-mail ballot two...
101.65 - Instructions to Absent Electors. - READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLYBEFORE MARKING BALLOT. 1. VERY IMPORTANT. In...
101.655 - Supervised Voting by Absent Electors in Certain Facilities. - (1) The supervisor of elections of a county shall provide...
101.657 - Early Voting. - (1)(a) As a convenience to the voter, the supervisor of...
101.661 - Voting Vote-by-Mail Ballots. - (1) Electors who require assistance to vote because of blindness,...
101.662 - Accessibility of Vote-by-Mail Ballots. - History.—s. 14, ch. 2002-281; s. 21, ch. 2016-37.
101.663 - Electors; Change of Residence to Another State. - History.—s. 1, ch. 69-136; s. 11, ch. 69-280; s. 4,...
101.665 - Administration of Oaths; Military Personnel, Federal Employees, and Other Absentee Registrants. - History.—s. 6, ch. 29904, 1955; s. 42, ch. 65-380; s....
101.67 - Safekeeping of Mailed Ballots; Deadline for Receiving Vote-by-Mail Ballots. - (1) The supervisor of elections shall safely keep in his...
101.68 - Canvassing of Vote-by-Mail Ballot. - (1) The supervisor of the county where the absent elector...
101.69 - Voting in Person; Return of Vote-by-Mail Ballot. - (1) The provisions of this code shall not be construed...
101.6921 - Delivery of Special Vote-by-Mail Ballot to Certain First-Time Voters. - (1) The provisions of this section apply to voters who...
101.6923 - Special Vote-by-Mail Ballot Instructions for Certain First-Time Voters. - (1) The provisions of this section apply to voters who...
101.6925 - Canvassing Special Vote-by-Mail Ballots. - (1) The supervisor of the county where the absent elector...
101.694 - Mailing of Ballots Upon Receipt of Federal Postcard Application. - (1) Upon receipt of a federal postcard application for a...
101.6951 - State Write-in Vote-by-Mail Ballot. - (1) An overseas voter may request, not earlier than 180...
101.6952 - Vote-by-Mail Ballots for Absent Uniformed Services and Overseas Voters. - (1) If an absent uniformed services voter’s or an overseas...
101.697 - Electronic Transmission of Election Materials. - History.—s. 50, ch. 2001-40; s. 51, ch. 2005-277; s. 32,...
101.698 - Absentee Voting in Emergency Situations. - History.—s. 51, ch. 2001-40.
101.71 - Polling Place. - (1) There shall be in each precinct in each county...
101.715 - Accessibility of Polling Places for People Having a Disability. - (1) All polling places must be accessible and usable by...
101.731 - Short Title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 92-16.
101.732 - Definitions Relating to Elections Emergency Act. - (1) “Department” means the Department of State. (2) “Division” means...
101.733 - Election Emergency; Purpose; Elections Emergency Contingency Plan. - (1) The Governor may, upon issuance of an executive order...
101.74 - Temporary Change of Polling Place in Case of Emergency. - History.—s. 39, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 193; s. 70, ch....
101.75 - Municipal Elections; Change of Dates for Cause. - (1) In any municipality, when the date of the municipal...