CopyCited 10 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 27881, 1998 WL 758365
...The district court relied on
testimony presented at the four-day bench trial in 1996 and testimony presented at the hearing held
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Georgia is one of nine states with a majority vote requirement for primary elections. See
Ala.Code § 17-16-36 (1995); Ark.Code Ann. § 7-7-102 (Michie 1993); Fla. Stat. Ann. §
100.061 (West 1982); O.C.G.A....
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...f the incumbent every sixth year (when the incumbent runs on his record, so to speak) must be made at the appropriate "first state primary election." This election is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May in general-election years. Section 100.061, Fla....
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...ndeed nominated. [1] §
97.021(18)(d), Fla. Stat. (1979). [2] See §
101.252(2), a parallel provision for the election of party executives, which is similarly directed solely at the administrative expense and convenience of the election process. [3] Section
100.061, Florida Statutes (1979), states that candidates who receive a majority of votes cast in the first primary election "shall be declared" nominated, and section 100.091(3) states that the candidate with the highest vote total in the second primary election "shall be declared" nominated....
CopyCited 4 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22895, 37 Educ. L. Rep. 1137
...Each qualified elector of the county is entitled to vote for one candidate from each district for which elections are being held that year. Ordinarily, the election of the county commissioners and school board members is determined by the political party primary elections. [§ 100.061, Fla.Stat....
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...The Legislature responded by enacting Florida Statute Section 105.021 which provides: "Judicial officers shall be elected on separate nonpartisan ballots at first and second nonpartisan elections. The first nonpartisan election shall be held at the time of the first primary election provided for by § 100.061....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7814, 1998 WL 12666
...First primary elections are held on the Tuesday nine weeks prior to a November general election. The candidate who receives a majority of the votes in a party's Congressional primary election becomes that party's candidate in the general election. Fla.Stat.Ann. § 100.061 (West 1997)....
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...Second, the district court considered evidence presented on the issue of whether the
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Georgia is one of nine states with a majority vote requirement for primary
elections. See Ala. Code § 17-16-36 (1995); Ark. Code Ann. § 7-7-102 (Michie 1993);
Fla. Stat. Ann. § 100.061 (West 1982); O.C.G.A....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 13641
...52 A state's decision to interpret a plurality result as being inconclusive is not itself unconstitutional. Many states prescribe such an approach in primary elections (though states have always had greater autonomy in conducting primary elections). See, e.g., Ark.Code Ann. § 7-7-304 (1987); Fla.Stat. § 100.061 (1991); Ga.Code Ann....
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...the Legislature." Id. (emphasis added). Regarding timing, section
100.031, Florida Statutes (2018), provides that "[a] general election shall be held in each county on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year." Section
100.061, Florida Statutes (2018), states that "a primary election for nomination of candidates of political parties shall be held on the Tuesday 10 weeks prior to the general election." Further, section
100.041(1), Florida Statutes (2018) (em...
CopyPublished | Supreme Court of Florida | 1970 Fla. LEXIS 2760
...We recognize that statutory periods in the year 1970 for complying with such procedures as qualification of candidates for primary nomination of recognized political parties for the office of Governor of the State (Section
99.061(2)); for holding of such primaries of such parties therefor (F.S.Section
100.061, F.S.A.), and for printing the official ballot, including the names of such nominees thereon for the General Election of 1970 (F.S....
CopyPublished | District Court, N.D. Florida | 19 Educ. L. Rep. 524, 1984 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18850
...Each candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast in the first primary election is declared nominated for such office and a second primary election is held in all contests in which a candidate does not receive a majority, or where there is a tie vote. Section 100.061, Florida Statutes....
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....” Id. (emphasis added).
Regarding timing, section
100.031, Florida Statutes (2018), provides that
“[a] general election shall be held in each county on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November of each even-numbered year.” Section
100.061, Florida
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Statutes (2018), states that “a primary election for nomination of candidates of
political parties shall be held on the Tuesday 10 weeks prior to the general
election.”...
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nominating election only’; and, as made plain in Section
100.061, Florida Statutes 1951, F.S.A., ‘A first primary
