The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . . § 101.5614(2). . . .
. . . . §§ 101.5601-101.5614. . . .
. . . . §§ 101.5601-101.5614. . . .
. . . . §§ 101.5601-101.5614. . . .
. . . See id. at 1262 (citing section 101.5614(5), Florida Statutes (2000)). . . .
. . . therefore required to define it, and in doing that the court looked to another election statute, § 101.5614 . . . . § 101.5614(5) (Supp. 2001), is to be determined rises to the level of a constitutional violation. . . . analysis here, except to note that the principal provision of the Election Code on which it relied, § 101.5614 . . .
. . . Sections 101.5614(5) and (6) also support the proposition that the “error in vote tabulation” encompasses . . . Section 101.5614(5) provides that “[n]o vote shall be declared invalid or void if there is a clear indication . . . Conversely, section 101.5614(6) provides that any vote in which the Board cannot discern the intent of . . .
. . . . §§101.5614(5), 102.166 (Supp. 2001). . . . .” § 101.5614(5). . . .
. . . The majority quotes section 101.5614(5) for the proposition of settling how a county canvassing board . . . if there is a clear indication of the intent of the voter as determined by the canvassing board.” § 101.5614 . . . Section 101.5614(5), however, is a statute that authorizes the creation of a duplicate ballot where a . . . the standard by which a county canvassing board should judge a questionable ballot, section 101.5614 . . . Section 101.5614(6) provides that a ballot should not be counted "[i]f an elector marks more names than . . . .” § 101.5614(5)-(6) Fla. Stat. (2000). . . . Section 101.5614(5), Florida Statutes (2000), provides that “[n]o vote shall be declared invalid or void . . . Section 101.5614(6) provides, conversely, that any vote in which the board cannot discern the intent . . . vote shall be counted as a “legal” vote if there is “clear indication of the intent of the voter.” § 101.5614 . . .
. . . . § 101.5614(5). . . . reads as undervoted (including ballots read as totally blank) was counted in accordance with section 101.5614 . . .
. . . Sections 101.5614(5) and (6) also support the proposition that the “error in vote tabulation” encompasses . . . Section 101.5614(5) provides that “[n]o vote shall be declared invalid or void if there is a clear indication . . . Conversely, section 101.5614(6) provides that any vote in which the Board cannot discern the intent of . . . certify the returns and declare who has been elected must be construed in pari materia with section 101.5614 . . .
. . . Appellant argued that absentee ballots were tampered with and modified in violation of section 101.5614 . . . The trial court found that this re-marking procedure was not in substantial compliance with section 101.5614 . . . that the Volusia County process of re-marking ballots was not in substantial compliance with section 101.5614 . . . Section 101.5614(5), Florida Statutes (1995), provides in relevant part: If any ballot card ... is damaged . . .