The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 98
REGISTRATION OFFICE, OFFICERS, AND PROCEDURES

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F.S. 98.081

98.081 Names removed from the statewide voter registration system; restrictions on reregistering; recordkeeping; restoration of erroneously or illegally removed names.—

(1) When the name of any elector is removed from the statewide voter registration system pursuant to s. 98.065 or s. 98.075, the elector’s original registration application shall be retained by the supervisor of elections having custody of the application. As alternatives, registrations removed from the statewide voter registration system may be microfilmed and such microfilms substituted for the original registration applications; or, when voter registration information, including the voter’s signature, is maintained digitally or on electronic, magnetic, or optic media, such stored information may be substituted for the original registration application. Such microfilms or stored information shall be retained by the supervisor of elections having custody. In the event the original registration applications are microfilmed or maintained digitally or on electronic or other media, such originals may be destroyed in accordance with the schedule approved by the Bureau of Archives and Records Management of the Division of Library and Information Services of the department.

(2) When the name of any elector has been erroneously or illegally removed from the statewide voter registration system, the name of the elector shall be restored by a voter registration official upon satisfactory proof, even though the registration period for that election is closed.

History.—s. 8, ch. 25391, 1949; s. 2, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 1, ch. 61-86; s. 5, ch. 77-175; s. 1, ch. 78-102; s. 14, ch. 79-365; s. 8, ch. 80-292; s. 45, ch. 81-259; s. 18, ch. 81-304; s. 7, ch. 82-143; s. 3, ch. 90-315; s. 30, ch. 94-224; s. 1387, ch. 95-147; s. 23, ch. 2005-278; s. 6, ch. 2005-286.

Note.—Former s. 97.08.

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Amendments to 98.081

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 98.081

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 98.081.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BELLITTO v. SNIPES, v., 221 F. Supp. 3d 1354 (S.D. Fla. 2016)

. . . followed by supervisors for removal of registrants upon receiving notice or information of ineligibility); 98.081 . . .

S. BROWNING, v. FLORIDA HOMETOWN DEMOCRACY, INC. PAC,, 29 So. 3d 1053 (Fla. 2010)

. . . this Court decided the constitutional validity of a Division of Elections opinion interpreting section 98.081 . . . The Division of Elections issued an advisory opinion, which interpreted section 98.081 and determined . . . Section 98.081’s requirements are an example of such reasonable regulations. . . . See § 98.081, Fla. Stat. (1991). . . .

C. KRIVANEK, v. TAKE BACK TAMPA POLITICAL COMMITTEE M. III,, 659 So. 2d 1368 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . signatures of electors whose names had been transferred to a list of inactive voters pursuant to section 98.081 . . .

A. AL- HAKIM v. STATE OF FLORIDA,, 892 F. Supp. 1464 (M.D. Fla. 1995)

. . . The biennial purge of inactive voters from the registration books required by § 98.081, Florida Statutes . . .

C. KRIVANEK, v. TAKE BACK TAMPA POLITICAL COMMITTEE,, 625 So. 2d 840 (Fla. 1993)

. . . purged from the permanent registration books of Hillsborough County under the provisions of section 98.081 . . . This ease involves the construction of section 98.081, which provides, in pertinent part: (1) During . . . Section 98.081’s requirements are an example of such reasonable regulations. . . . In interpreting section 98.081, the Division of Elections expressly addressed the issue of whether an . . . As indicated, the entire process set forth in section 98.081 as to temporary and permanent removal is . . .

C. KRIVANEK, v. TAKE BACK TAMPA POLITICAL COMMITTEE M. III,, 603 So. 2d 528 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

. . . See § 98.081(2), Fla.Stat. . . . See § 98.081(2). . . . See § 98.081(1). . . . HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE WRITTEN NOTICE REQUIREMENT OF § 98.081(1), FLA. STAT. . . . (1) but before being “removed” from the registration books pursuant to section 98.081(2). . . .

E. WYMBS R. v. REPUBLICAN STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FLORIDA,, 719 F.2d 1072 (11th Cir. 1983)

. . . . §§ 98.051; 98.081; 98.201 (1982 & 1983 Supp.); so the court could, in theory, realign the delegate . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 98.081 (1982). . . .

REED, v. L. WAINWRIGHT,, 587 F.2d 260 (5th Cir. 1979)

. . . voter registration requirement unconstitutional, but that in addition the operation of Florida Statute 98.081 . . .

L. JONES, v. STATE, 289 So. 2d 385 (Fla. 1974)

. . . . § 98.081, F.S.A. I find that appellant’s contentions appear to have strong support. See Dunn v. . . .

STATE A. KYLE v. R. BROWN,, 167 So. 2d 904 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1964)

. . . quash the alternative writ on the grounds that he had complied with the last paragraph of §§ 98.201 and 98.081 . . . non-return of such card within the prescribed time set by law, shall proceed as otherwise provided in § 98.081 . . .

STATE BARANCIK, v. GATES,, 134 So. 2d 497 (Fla. 1961)

. . . nonreturn of such card within the prescribed time set by law, shall proceed as otherwise provided in § 98.081 . . . the record here that a permanent registration system is in effect in Broward County and that Section 98.081 . . .