§ 104.0616, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 104. ELECTION CODE: VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES
Vote-by-mail ballots and voting; violations.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) For purposes of this section, the term “immediate family” means a person’s spouse or the parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling of the person or the person’s spouse.
(2) Any person who distributes, orders, requests, collects, delivers, or otherwise physically possesses more than two vote-by-mail ballots per election in addition to his or her own ballot or a ballot belonging to an immediate family member, except as provided in ss. 101.6105-101.694, including supervised voting at assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities as authorized under s. 101.655, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 53, ch. 2005-278; s. 21, ch. 2013-57; s. 8, ch. 2014-17; s. 38, ch. 2016-37; s. 32, ch. 2021-11; s. 26, ch. 2022-73.
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The Florida Statutes
- § 101.6105, Fla. Stat.Vote-by-mail voting.Printed as ss. 101.6105-101.694
- § 101.655, Fla. Stat.Supervised voting by absent electors in certain facilities.Printed as s. 101.655
- § 101.694, Fla. Stat.Mailing of ballots upon receipt of federal postcard application.Printed as ss. 101.6105-101.694
- § 775.082, Fla. Stat.Penalties; applicability of sentencing structures; mandatory minimum sentences for certain reoffenders previously released from prison.Printed as s. 775.082
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