Florida Statute 100.151 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

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

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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 his or her consent obtained as to a date when the registration books can be available.

History.—s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 2, ch. 65-60; s. 16, ch. 89-338; s. 547, ch. 95-147.

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David A. Taylor v. Mike Hogan, in his Off. capacity as Supervisor of Elections, Duval Cnty., Florida (Fla. 1st DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal

...regarding notice for special elections “called by local governing See § 97.011, Fla. Stat. (“Chapters 97-106 inclusive shall be ∗ known and may be cited as ‘The Florida Election Code.’”). 2 bodies.” § 100.151, Fla. Stat. (2018). The only notice required by this provision is notice to the supervisor of elections. § 100.151, Fla....

...al elections “called by local governing bodies” does not provide a basis for Taylor’s claim because the provision only requires notice to the supervisor of elections before a special election called by a “local governing body” can be held. § 100.151, Fla. Stat. The omission of any publication requirement in section 100.151, which is specifically targeted at local elections, indicates that the Florida Election Code does not require notice of the qualifying period for local elections....

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