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. 100.191

100.191 General election laws applicable to special elections; returns.—All laws that are applicable to general elections are applicable to special elections or special primary elections to fill a vacancy in office or nomination. The Elections Canvassing Commission shall immediately, upon receipt of returns from the county in which a special election is held, proceed to canvass the returns and determine and declare the result thereof.

History.—s. 6, ch. 20872, 1941; s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 24, ch. 2007-30.

Note.—Former s. 98.48.

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Amendments to 100.191

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 100.191

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 100.191.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

J. KELLY, a k a s v. RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF DADE COUNTY, a E. d b a, 126 So. 2d 299 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1961)

. . . Section 100.191, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., a part of chapter 100, which is entitled, “General, Primary, Special . . . that the decree made an exception based on an unreasonable classification, and that the provision of § 100.191 . . . clear and unambiguous in imposing the prohibition only on general and primary elections, and that § 100.191 . . .