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Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 104
ELECTION CODE: VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES
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104.31 Political activities
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104.31 Political activities of state, county, and municipal officers and employees.—
(1) No officer or employee of the state, or of any county or municipality thereof, except as hereinafter
exempted from provisions hereof, shall:
(a) Use his or her official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or a
nomination of office or coercing or influencing another person's vote or affecting the result thereof.
(b) Directly or indirectly coerce or attempt to coerce, command, or advise any other officer or employee
to pay, lend, or contribute any part of his or her salary, or any money, or anything else of value to any
party, committee, organization, agency, or person for political purposes. Nothing in this paragraph or in
any county or municipal charter or ordinance shall prohibit an employee from suggesting to another
employee in a noncoercive manner that he or she may voluntarily contribute to a fund which is
administered by a party, committee, organization, agency, person, labor union or other employee
organization for political purposes.
(c) Directly or indirectly coerce or attempt to coerce, command, and advise any such officer or
employee as to where he or she might purchase commodities or to interfere in any other way with the
personal right of said officer or employee.
The provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prevent any person from becoming a
candidate for and actively campaigning for any elective office in this state. All such persons shall retain
the right to vote as they may choose and to express their opinions on all political subjects and
candidates. The provisions of paragraph (a) shall not be construed so as to limit the political activity in a
general, special, primary, bond, referendum, or other election of any kind or nature, of elected officials or
candidates for public office in the state or of any county or municipality thereof; and the provisions of
paragraph (a) shall not be construed so as to limit the political activity in general or special elections of
the officials appointed as the heads or directors of state administrative agencies, boards, commissions,
or committees or of the members of state boards, commissions, or committees, whether they be
salaried, nonsalaried, or reimbursed for expense. In the event of a dual capacity of any member of a
state board, commission, or committee, any restrictive provisions applicable to either capacity shall
apply. The provisions of paragraph (a) shall not be construed so as to limit the political activity in a
general, special, primary, bond, referendum, or other election of any kind or nature of the Governor, the
elected members of the Governor's Cabinet, or the members of the Legislature. The provisions of
paragraphs (b) and (c) shall apply to all officers and employees of the state or of any county or
municipality thereof, whether elected, appointed, or otherwise employed, or whether the activity shall be
in connection with a primary, general, special, bond, referendum, or other election of any kind or nature.
(2) An employee of the state or any political subdivision may not participate in any political campaign
for an elective office while on duty.
(3) Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree,
punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
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