Florida Voter Protection Act

104.0615 Voter intimidation or suppression prohibited; criminal penalties.—

1. This section may be cited as the “Voter Protection Act.”
2. A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten to use force, violence, or intimidation or any tactic of coercion or intimidation to induce or compel an individual to:
   1. Vote or refrain from voting;
   2. Vote or refrain from voting for any particular individual or ballot measure;
   3. Refrain from registering to vote; or
   4. Refrain from acting as a legally authorized election official or poll watcher.
3. A person may not knowingly use false information to:
   1. Challenge an individual’s right to vote;
   2. Induce or attempt to induce an individual to refrain from voting or registering to vote; or
   3. Induce or attempt to induce an individual to refrain from acting as a legally authorized election official or poll watcher.
4. A person may not knowingly destroy, mutilate, or deface a voter registration form or election ballot or obstruct or delay the delivery of a voter registration form or election ballot.
5. A person who violates subsection (2), subsection (3), or subsection (4) commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.