256.011 Display of flag on election day. - Florida Statutes

256.011 Display of flag on election day.

   (1) The supervisor of elections of each county in this state shall provide a flag of the United States for each polling place in the county. The flag shall be displayed properly and prominently at all designated polling places on all days when an election is being held.

   (2) The supervisor of elections of each county in the state shall make the flags available to each municipality or governmental body holding an election within such county for each election held for any such municipality or governmental body within such county. The municipality or governmental body shall have the responsibility of properly and prominently displaying the flag at each such polling place on all days when an election is being held and shall bear the expense of displaying the flag of the United States.

   (3) Each supervisor of elections is authorized to purchase a sufficient number of flags to carry out the purpose of this act out of the general revenue fund of each such county.

   (4) In lieu of a flag of the United States, a picture or representation of the flag may be displayed at the polling place, provided such picture or representation measures, at a minimum, 1 square foot in size.

History. s. 1, ch. 63-227; s. 44, ch. 90-315.