The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 100
GENERAL, PRIMARY, SPECIAL, BOND, AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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F.S. 100.141

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 declaring on what day the election shall be held and deliver the order to the Department of State.

(2) The Department of State shall prepare a notice stating what offices are to be filled in the special election, the dates set for the special primary election and the special election, the dates fixed for qualifying for office, the dates fixed for qualifying by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095, and the dates fixed for filing campaign expense statements.

(3) The department shall deliver a copy of such notice to the supervisor of elections of each county in which the special election is to be held. The supervisor shall have the notice published two times in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least 10 days before the first day set for qualifying for office or, for at least 10 days before the first day set for qualifying for office, publish notice on the county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311 or on the supervisor’s website.

History.—s. 6, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 160; s. 7, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 177; RGS 221; CGL 256; s. 3, ch. 25383, 1949; s. 1, ch. 26329, 1949; s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 14, ch. 90-315; s. 13, ch. 99-318; s. 21, ch. 2005-277; s. 14, ch. 2005-286; s. 19, ch. 2023-120.

Note.—Former s. 98.10.

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Amendments to 100.141

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 100.141

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 100.141.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION, NINTH CIRCUIT, v. GRAHAM,, 424 So. 2d 10 (Fla. 1982)

. . . Section 100.101 should be considered as in pari materia with section 100.141, which the governor and . . . Section 100.141 only applies when a special election is required in order to fill a vacancy in elective . . . constitution or in the statutes, that vacancies in judicial offices be filled by special election, section 100.141 . . .