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Florida Statute 100.342 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 100.342 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 100.342 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
100.342 Notice of special election or referendum.In any special election or referendum not otherwise provided for, there must be at least 30 days’ notice of the election or referendum by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, district, or municipality, or publication on the county’s website as provided in s. 50.0311, the municipality’s website, or the supervisor’s website, as applicable. The publication must be made at least twice, once in the fifth week and once in the third week before the week in which the election or referendum is to be held. If the applicable website becomes unavailable or there is no newspaper of general circulation in the county, district, or municipality, the notice must be posted in no less than five places within the territorial limits of the county, district, or municipality.
History.s. 1, ch. 59-335; s. 2, ch. 65-60; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 20, ch. 2023-120.

Cases Citing F.S. 100.342

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·Cnty. of Orange v. Webster, 546 So. 2d 1033 (Fla. 1989).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 285, 1989 Fla. LEXIS 558, 1989 WL 65500

...125.60-125.64, inclusive, the board of county commissioners may propose by ordinance a charter consistent with the provisions of this part and provide for a special election pursuant to the procedures established in s. 101.161(1) with notice published as provided in s. 100.342 s....
...125.64 does not apply to the proposal of a charter by ordinance under this section. Section 2. Any charter proposed under section 125.82, Florida Statutes, which was adopted by vote of the electors at an election conducted and noticed in conformance with the requirements of sections 101.161(1) and 100.342, Florida Statutes, is hereby ratified....
...(1985), rather than use of a charter commission under sections 125.-60-125.64, Florida Statutes (1985). 2 Finally, it is also undisputed that there was full compliance with the requirements of section 101.161(1) concerning the form of the ballot and section 100.342, Florida Statutes (1985), with respect to publication of notice of the election....
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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

...The only notice required by this provision is notice to the supervisor of elections. § 100.151, Fla. Stat. The only other applicable notice provision, a catch-all for special elections unaddressed elsewhere in the Florida Election Code, requires notice of the election itself, but not the qualifying period. § 100.342, Fla....
...§ 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. Similarly, section 100.342, the catch all provision, requires notice of the election itself, but not the qualifying period. Therefore, we find the statutes did not require Hogan to comply with the notice and publication requirements set forth in...

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