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Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 99
CANDIDATES

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F.S. 99.0955

99.0955 Candidates with no party affiliation; name on general election ballot.—

(1) Each person seeking to qualify for election as a candidate with no party affiliation shall file his or her qualifying papers and pay the qualifying fee or qualify by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095 with the officer and during the times and under the circumstances prescribed in s. 99.061. Upon qualifying, the candidate is entitled to have his or her name placed on the general election ballot.

(2) The qualifying fee for candidates with no party affiliation shall consist of a filing fee and an election assessment as prescribed in s. 99.092. Filing fees paid to the Department of State shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund of the state. Filing fees paid to the supervisor of elections shall be deposited into the general revenue fund of the county.

History.—s. 6, ch. 70-269; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 3, ch. 74-119; s. 7, ch. 77-175; s. 2, ch. 78-188; s. 11, ch. 89-338; s. 10, ch. 90-315; s. 540, ch. 95-147; s. 13, ch. 95-280; s. 4, ch. 99-140; s. 2, ch. 99-318; s. 15, ch. 2005-277.

Note.—Former s. 99.152.

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Cases Citing Statute 99.0955

Total Results: 4

Orange County, Florida v. Rick Singh, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2019-04-18T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 268 So. 3d 668

Snippet: in compliance with the Florida Election Code. § 99.0955, Fla. Stat. (2018) ; § 99.096, Fla. Stat. (2018

Orange County, Florida v. Rick Singh, etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2019-01-03T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: by other methods than party nomination. See §§ 99.0955–99.096, Fla. Stat. (2018) (providing for the appearance… without party affiliation pursuant to section 99.0955, we find that the offending language may be stricken…compliance with the Florida Election Code. Section 99.0955, Florida Statutes (2018), provides that “[e]ach…nonpartisan elections. See majority op. at 7 (citing §§ 99.0955, 99.096, Fla. Stat.). But this is a serious misunderstanding…Election Code and basic election law. Sections 99.0955(1) and 99.096 allow for no-party affiliation candidates

Diggs v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-05-28T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 732 So. 2d 501, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 6896, 1999 WL 360189

Snippet: SHARP, GOSHORN AND ANTOON, JJ., concur. No. 99-955 District Court of Appeal of Florida fladistctapp

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 1999-01-11T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: burden certificate. See, ss. 99.061, 99.092 and 99.0955, Fla. Stat. For independent candidates seeking … percent of the signatures required by section 99.0955, Fla. Stat., must be obtained. See, s.100.111(3