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Home » US Law » 2022 Florida Statutes » Title IX - Electors and Elections » Chapter 102 - Conducting Elections and Ascertaining the Results » 102.101 – Sheriff and Other Officers Not Allowed in Polling Place.
102.101 Sheriff and other officers not allowed in polling place.—A sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a police officer, a special officer appointed pursuant to s. 102.091, or any other officer of the law is not allowed within a polling place without permission from the clerk or a majority of the inspectors, except to cast his or her ballot. Upon the failure of any such officer to comply with this section, the clerk or the inspectors must make an affidavit against the officer for his or her arrest.

History.—s. 58, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 239; RGS 284; CGL 340; s. 6, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 4, ch. 65-129; s. 25, ch. 77-175; s. 599, ch. 95-147; s. 25, ch. 2022-73.

Note.—Former s. 99.41.