Florida Statute 102.071 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 102
CONDUCTING ELECTIONS AND ASCERTAINING THE RESULTS

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102.071 Tabulation of votes and proclamation of results.—The election board shall post at the polls, for the benefit of the public, the results of the voting for each office or other item on the ballot as the count is completed. Upon completion of all counts in all races, a certificate of the results shall be drawn up by the inspectors and clerk at each precinct upon a form provided by the supervisor of elections which shall contain the name of each person voted for, for each office, and the number of votes cast for each person for such office; and, if any question is submitted, the certificate shall also contain the number of votes cast for and against the question. The certificate shall be signed by the inspectors and clerk and shall be delivered without delay by one of the inspectors, securely sealed, to the supervisor for immediate publication. All the ballot boxes, ballots, ballot stubs, memoranda, and papers of all kinds used in the election shall also be transmitted, after being sealed by the inspectors, to the supervisor’s office. Registration books and the poll lists shall not be placed in the ballot boxes but shall be returned to the supervisor.

History.—s. 30, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 184; s. 61, ch. 4328, 1895; s. 2, ch. 4699, 1899; GS 242; RGS 286; CGL 342; s. 9, ch. 25384, 1949; s. 6, ch. 26329, 1949; s. 6, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 39, ch. 28156, 1953; s. 19, ch. 73-334; s. 25, ch. 77-175; s. 45, ch. 79-400; s. 55, ch. 2005-277.

Note.—Former s. 99.43.

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Cases Citing Statute 102.071

Total Results: 4

Alexander v. Booth

56 So. 2d 716, 1952 Fla. LEXIS 1027

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 5, 1952 | Docket: 1355360

Cited 12 times | Published

political party is defined in Subsection 3 of Section 102.71, F.S., now F.S.A. § 103.091, to be "any political

Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd. v. Harris

772 So. 2d 1220, 2000 WL 1725434

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Nov 21, 2000 | Docket: 2561311

Cited 11 times | Published

[23] § 102.012(4), Fla. Stat. (2000). [24] § 102.071, Fla. Stat. (2000). [25] § 102.141(3), Fla. Stat

Michael Polelle v. Florida Secretary of State

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 11, 2025 | Docket: 67417924

Published

Argued: Oct 11, 2024

Supervisor to “conduct elections”); id. § 102.071 (requiring the election board to tabulate

Heidi Valdes v. City of Marathon, Florida, etc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 10, 2024 | Docket: 68929426

Published

2 102, art. 102-13, § 102.71 (2024). Valdes argues that the provisions of the

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