The board of county commissioners of any county, at any regular meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose, may, upon consultation with the supervisor of elections, adopt, purchase or otherwise procure, and provide for the use of any electronic or electromechanical voting system approved by the Department of State in all or a portion of the election precincts of that county. Thereafter the electronic or electromechanical voting system may be used for voting at all elections for public and party offices and on all measures and for receiving, registering, and counting the votes thereof in such election precincts as the governing body directs. A county must use an electronic or electromechanical precinct-count tabulation voting system.
Fla. Stat. § 101.5604
Adoption of system; procurement of equipment; commercial tabulations
Known as the Electronic Voting Systems Act
The act spans §§ 101–101 (94 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 319 F. Supp. 2d 1354 - Wexler v. Lepore (2004)
Most recently applied in Wexler v. Lepore (October 2004)
History.--s. 4, ch. 73-156; s. 21, ch. 77-175; s. 16, ch. 2001-40.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.