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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 100
GENERAL, PRIMARY, SPECIAL, BOND, AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS
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F.S. 100.011
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 p.m., of the same day, and the time shall be regulated by the customary time in standard use in the county seat of the locality. The inspectors shall make public proclamation of the opening and closing of the polls. During the election and canvass of the votes, the ballot box shall not be concealed. Any elector who is in line at the time of the official closing of the polls shall be allowed to cast a vote in the election.
(2) The time of opening and closing of the polls shall be observed in all elections held in this state, including municipal and school elections.
(3) The expenses of holding all elections for county and state offices necessarily incurred shall be paid out of the treasury of the county or state, as the case may be, in the same manner and by the same officers as in general elections.
(4)(a) The provisions of any special law to the contrary notwithstanding, the expenses of holding a special district or community development district election, or the district’s proportionate share of regular election costs, as the case may be, shall be paid out of the district’s treasury and in the same manner as in general elections. This subsection applies to any district, whether created by or pursuant to special or general law, which is a special district as defined in s. 200.001(8)(c) or a community development district as defined in s. 190.003(6).
(b) The provisions of any special law to the contrary notwithstanding, the supervisor of elections may impose an interest penalty on any amount due and owing to him or her from a special district or community development district if payment is not made within 30 days from receipt of the bill or within 10 working days of the required time authorized by interlocal agreement. The rate of such interest shall be the rate established pursuant to s. 55.03.
(c) The provisions of any special law to the contrary notwithstanding, all independent and dependent special district elections, with the exception of community development district elections, shall be conducted in accordance with the requirements of ss. 189.04 and 189.041.
History.s. 23, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 177; s. 27, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 209; s. 8, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 253, 306; CGL 309, 362; ss. 1, 2, ch. 20409, 1941; ss. 1, 2, ch. 22739, 1945; s. 4, ch. 25384, 1949; s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 6, ch. 87-363; s. 53, ch. 89-169; s. 543, ch. 95-147; s. 4, ch. 96-327; s. 18, ch. 2005-277; s. 56, ch. 2014-22.
Note.Former ss. 99.07, 102.08.

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Cases Citing Statute 100.011

Total Results: 3

Norman E. Wymbs and Ann R. Cassady v. Republican State Executive Committee of Florida

719 F.2d 1072, 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15734

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 31, 1983 | Docket: 777909

Cited 104 times | Published

September 15 of the election year. See Fla.Stat.Ann. § 100.11 l(3)(b) (1982). 39 . We do not

Cobb v. Thurman

957 So. 2d 638, 2006 WL 3041924

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 27, 2006 | Docket: 1678929

Cited 2 times | Published

voters to cast informed votes solely because section 100.11(4), Florida Statutes, fails to expressly discuss

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 31, 2005 | Docket: 3258461

Published

corporation in such a manner that it can avoid section 100.011, Florida Statutes, which prohibits private