Fla. Stat. § 101.69 Deals with voting in person even though the voter has requested an absentee ballot. The voter must return the absentee ballot and the election officials will mark it "canceled"
Fla. Stat. § 104.17 Any person who willfully votes or attempts to vote both in person and by absentee ballot at any election is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
Clearly § 104.17 is to prohibit more than one ballot per voter. It shows that the intent of an Absentee Ballot does not encompass in person voting.
The above illustrates that the purpose of Absentee Ballots is to enable voters who are out of the area to vote. It is for overseas voters (§ 101.698), or those in nursing homes (§ 101.655).
There is no provision in the law: to allow Absentee Ballots to be used in person; to be used to extend Early Voting.
Absentee Ballots were used to extend Early Voting in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher, in her own words, "found a way around" the rules by using Absentee Ballots to extend Early Voting.
Broward SOE Brenda Snipes and Miami-Dade SOE Penelope Townsley used the same "in person absentee ballot" tactic to extend Early Voting.
Detzner, Bucher, Snipes, and Townsley need to be removed from office and prosecuted.
IANAL
Sure does sound like playing fast and loose (oh, we’ll pass out these absentee ballots and we’ll collect them right on the spot!) but a state court could make about any hash of this it wished.