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Fla. Stat. § 100.3605 (2025)
Conduct of municipal elections.
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100.3605 Conduct of municipal elections.—
(1) The Florida Election Code, chapters 97-106, shall govern the conduct of a municipality’s election in the absence of an applicable special act, charter, or ordinance provision. No charter or ordinance provision shall be adopted which conflicts with or exempts a municipality from any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to municipalities.
(2) The governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, change the dates for qualifying and for the election of members of the governing body of the municipality and provide for the orderly transition of office resulting from such date changes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2025 · leading case: Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019).
Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019). “Moreover, although the Florida Election Code expressly allows for municipal elections to vary from its requirements pursuant to an ordinance or charter so long as the variance does not conflict with “any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to…”
Jackson v. Leon Cnty. Elections Canvassing Bd., 204 So. 3d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “Section 100.3605 .provides: The Florida Election Code, chapters 97-106, shall govern the conduct of a municipality’s election, in the absence of an applicable, special act, charter, or ordinance provision.”
City of Miami v. Emilio Tomas Gonzalez (Fla. 3d DCA 2025). “It is clear that if (pursuant to the Ordinance) the election is not held until November 2026 this would 10 See § 100.3605, Fla. Stat.; § 166.021, Fla. Stat.”
Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc. (Fla. 2019). “Moreover, although the Florida Election Code expressly allows for municipal elections to vary from its requirements pursuant to an ordinance or charter so long as the variance does not conflict with “any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to…”
— 100.3605(1) — 3 cases
Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019). “Moreover, although the Florida Election Code expressly allows for municipal elections to vary from its requirements pursuant to an ordinance or charter so long as the variance does not conflict with “any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to…”
Jackson v. Leon Cnty. Elections Canvassing Bd., 204 So. 3d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “Section 100.3605 .provides: The Florida Election Code, chapters 97-106, shall govern the conduct of a municipality’s election, in the absence of an applicable, special act, charter, or ordinance provision.”
Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc. (Fla. 2019). “Moreover, although the Florida Election Code expressly allows for municipal elections to vary from its requirements pursuant to an ordinance or charter so long as the variance does not conflict with “any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to…”
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