Florida Statutes Title IX Chapter 100 - General, Primary, Special, Bond, And Referendum Elections

• 100.011 - Opening And Closing Of Polls, All Elections; Expenses.
  (1) The polls shall be open at the voting places at 7:00 a.m., on the day of the election, and shall be kept open until 7:00...
• 100.021 - Notice Of General Election.
  The Department of State shall, in any year in which a general election is held, make out a notice stating what offices and vacancies are...
• 100.025 - Citizens Residing Overseas; Notice Of Elections.
  A citizen of this state who is residing overseas may notify the supervisor of elections in the county where he or she is registered of...
• 100.031 - General Election.
  A general election shall be held in each county on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year to choose...
• 100.032 - Election Preparation Report; General Election.
  Each supervisor of elections must post a report on his or her official website at least 3 months before a general election which outlines preparations...
• 100.041 - Officers Chosen At General Election.
  (1) State senators shall be elected for terms of 4 years, those from odd-numbered districts in each year the number of which is a multiple of...
• 100.051 - Candidate’s Name On General Election Ballot.
  The supervisor of elections of each county shall print on ballots to be used in the county at the next general election the names of...
• 100.061 - Primary Election.
  In each year in which a general election is held, a primary election for nomination of candidates of political parties shall be held on the...
• 100.081 - Nomination Of County Commissioners At Primary Election.
  The primary election shall provide for the nomination of county commissioners by the qualified electors of such county at the time and place set for...
• 100.101 - Special Elections And Special Primary Elections.
  A special election or special primary election shall be held in the following cases:(1) If no person has been elected at a general election to fill...
• 100.102 - Cost Of Special Elections And Special Primary Elections To Be Incurred By The State.
  Whenever any special election or special primary election is held as required in s. 100.101, each county incurring expenses resulting from such special election or...
• 100.111 - Filling Vacancy.
  (1)(a) If any vacancy occurs in any office which is required to be filled pursuant to s. 1(f), Art. IV of the State Constitution and the...
• 100.141 - Notice Of Special Election To Fill Any Vacancy In Office.
  (1) Whenever a special election is required to fill any vacancy in office, the Governor, after consultation with the Secretary of State, shall issue an order...
• 100.151 - Special Elections Called By Local Governing Bodies, Notice.
  County commissioners or the governing authority of a municipality shall not call any special election until notice is given to the supervisor of elections and...
• 100.161 - Filling Vacancy Of United States Senators.
  Should a vacancy happen in the representation of this state in the Senate of the United States, the Governor shall issue a writ of election...
• 100.181 - Determination Of Person Elected.
  The person receiving the highest number of votes cast in a general or special election for an office shall be elected to the office. In...
• 100.191 - General Election Laws Applicable To Special Elections; Returns.
  All laws that are applicable to general elections are applicable to special elections or special primary elections to fill a vacancy in office or nomination....
• 100.201 - Referendum Required Before Issuing Bonds.
  Whenever any county, district, or municipality is by law given power to issue bonds which are required to be approved by referendum, such bonds shall...
• 100.211 - Power To Call Bond Referendum; Notice Required.
  The board of county commissioners or the governing authority of any district or municipality may call a bond referendum under this code. In the event...
• 100.221 - General Election Laws To Govern Bond Referenda.
  The laws governing the holding of general elections are applicable to bond referenda, except as provided in ss. 100.201-100.351. A county, district, or municipality is...
• 100.241 - Freeholder Voting; Election; Penalties For Ineligible Persons Who Vote As Freeholders.
  (1) In any election or referendum in which only electors who are freeholders are qualified to vote, the regular registration books covering the precincts located within...
• 100.261 - Holding Bond Referenda With Other Elections.
  Whenever any bond referendum is called, it shall be lawful for any county, district, or municipality to hold such bond referendum on the day of...
• 100.271 - Inspectors, Clerk, Duties; Return And Canvass Of Referendum Recorded.
  In any bond referendum, unless the referendum is held in connection with a regular or special state, county, or municipal election, at least two inspectors...
• 100.281 - Approval To Issue Bonds.
  Should a majority of the votes cast in a bond referendum be in favor of the issuance of bonds, then the issuance of said bonds...
• 100.291 - Record Results Of Election Prima Facie Evidence.
  Whenever any bond referendum is called and held, and the minutes have been recorded as provided in s. 100.271 and also a separate finding as...
• 100.301 - Refunding Bonds Excluded.
  Sections 100.201-100.351 shall not apply to refunding bonds, and wherever the word “bond” or “bonds” is used in these sections it shall be construed to...
• 100.311 - Local Law Governs Bond Election Held By Municipalities.
  No section of this code controlling or regulating bond referenda shall be deemed to repeal or modify any provision contained in any local law relating...
• 100.321 - Test Suit.
  Any taxpayer of the county, district, or municipality wherein bonds are declared to have been authorized, shall have the right to test the legality of...
• 100.331 - Referendum For Defeated Bond Issue.
  If any bond referendum is called and held for approving the issuance of bonds for a particular purpose and such referendum does not result in...
• 100.341 - Bond Referendum Ballot.
  The ballots used in bond referenda shall include a printed description of the issuance of bonds to be voted on as prescribed by the authority...
• 100.342 - Notice Of Special Election Or Referendum.
  In any special election or referendum not otherwise provided for there shall be at least 30 days’ notice of the election or referendum by publication...
• 100.351 - Referendum Election; Certificate Of Results To Department Of State.
  Whenever an election is held under a referendum provision of an act of the Legislature, the election officials of the governmental unit in which the...
• 100.3605 - Conduct Of Municipal Elections.
  (1) The Florida Election Code, chapters 97-106, shall govern the conduct of a municipality’s election in the absence of an applicable special act, charter, or ordinance...
• 100.361 - Municipal Recall.
  (1) APPLICATION; DEFINITION.—Any member of the governing body of a municipality or charter county, hereinafter referred to in this section as “municipality,” may be removed from...
• 100.371 - Initiatives; Procedure For Placement On Ballot.
  (1) Constitutional amendments proposed by initiative shall be placed on the ballot for the general election, provided the initiative petition has been filed with the Secretary...

Last modified: September 23, 2016