eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 4. Disqualifications.  


  • 1(a) 2No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil rights or removal of disability. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any disqualification from voting arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of sentence including parole or probation.
    74(b) 75No person convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense shall be qualified to vote until restoration of civil rights.
    95(c) 96No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to any of the following offices:
    111(1) 112Florida representative,
    114(2) 115Florida senator,
    117(3) 118Florida Lieutenant governor,
    121(4) 122any office of the Florida cabinet,
    128(5) 129U.S. Representative from Florida, or
    134(6) 135U.S. Senator from Florida

    139if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that office for eight consecutive years.

History.Am. by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State July 23, 1992; adopted 1992; Am. by Initiative Petition filed with the Secretary of State October 31, 2014; adopted 2018.