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. 100.3605

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.

History.—s. 2, ch. 95-178.

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Amendments to 100.3605

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 100.3605

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

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 100.3605.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ORANGE COUNTY, v. SINGH,, 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019)

. . . conflict with "any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to municipalities," § 100.3605 . . .

ORANGE COUNTY, v. SINGH,, 230 So. 3d 639 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

. . . The conduct of municipal elections shall be governed by s. 100.3605. § 97.0115, Fla. . . .

Dr. D. JACKSON, v. LEON COUNTY ELECTIONS CANVASSING BOARD C. a, 204 So.3d 571 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

. . . The conduct of municipal elections shall be governed by s. 100.3605.”). . . . Section 100.3605 .provides: The Florida Election Code, chapters 97-106, shall govern the conduct of a . . . municipality from any provision in the Florida Election Code that expressly applies to municipalities. , § 100.3605 . . .