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Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 102
CONDUCTING ELECTIONS AND ASCERTAINING THE RESULTS
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F.S. 102.091
102.091 Duty of sheriff to watch for violations; appointment of special officers.—The sheriff shall exercise strict vigilance in the detection of any violations of the election laws and in apprehending the violators. The Governor may appoint special officers to investigate alleged violations of the election laws, when it is deemed necessary to see that violators of the election laws are apprehended and punished.
History.—s. 6, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 3, ch. 65-129.