Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 102.111 (2025)

Elections Canvassing Commission.

✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us JustiaFla. Statutes CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
102.111 Elections Canvassing Commission.
(1) The Elections Canvassing Commission shall consist of the Governor and two members of the Cabinet selected by the Governor, all of whom shall serve ex officio. If a member of the commission is unable to serve for any reason, the Governor shall appoint a remaining member of the Cabinet. If there is a further vacancy, the remaining members of the commission shall agree on another elected official to fill the vacancy.
(2) The Elections Canvassing Commission shall meet at 8 a.m. on the 9th day after a primary election and at 8 a.m. on the 14th day after a general election to certify the returns of the election for each federal, state, and multicounty office and for each constitutional amendment. If a member of a county canvassing board that was constituted pursuant to s. 102.141 determines, within 5 days after the certification by the Elections Canvassing Commission, that a typographical error occurred in the official returns of the county, the correction of which could result in a change in the outcome of an election, the county canvassing board must certify corrected returns to the Department of State within 24 hours, and the Elections Canvassing Commission must correct and recertify the election returns as soon as practicable.
(3) The Division of Elections shall provide the staff services required by the Elections Canvassing Commission.
History.s. 35, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 189; s. 66, ch. 4328, 1895; GS 248; RGS 292; CGL 348; s. 6, ch. 26870, 1951; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 30, ch. 71-377; s. 2, ch. 77-122; s. 25, ch. 77-175; s. 6, ch. 82-143; s. 39, ch. 2001-40; s. 56, ch. 2005-277; s. 12, ch. 2010-167; s. 34, ch. 2023-120; s. 9, ch. 2025-21.
Note.Former s. 99.49.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: Palm Beach Cnty. Canvassing Bd. v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1273 (Fla. 2000).
Palm Beach Cnty. Canvassing Bd. v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1273 (Fla. 2000). · cites it 13× “§ 102.111, Fla. Stat. (2000) (emphasis added).”
Palm Beach Cnty. Canvassing Bd. v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 2000). · cites it 21× “§ 102.111, Fla.Stat. (2000) (emphasis added).”
Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000). · cites it 2× “[6] When, for example, it resolved the previously unanswered question whether the word "shall" in Fla. Stat. Ann. § 102.111 (Supp. 2001) or the word "may" in § 102.”
Siegel v. LePore, 120 F. Supp. 2d 1041 (S.D. Fla. 2000). · cites it 6× “See Fla. Stat. § 102.111 (1); Fla. Stat. § 102.”
Ned L. Siegel, Georgette Sosa Douglas v. Theresa Lepore, Charles E. Burton, 234 F.3d 1163 (11th Cir. 2000). “To begin with, the effective deadline in this case is not some time next year as it might be with most elections, but instead is December 12, and the drop-dead deadline is December 18, 2000. ■ Not only that, but the Florida Supreme Court extended the time for the last county…”
Gore v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1243 (Fla. 2000). · cites it 2× “[3] See §§ 102.111, .121, Fla. Stat. (2000). [4] Bush received 2,912,790 votes while Gore received 2,912,253 votes.”
Repub. State Exec. Comm. v. Graham, 388 So. 2d 556 (Fla. 1980). · cites it 4× “The statute also requires the secretary to certify to the supervisor all candidates for "election," meaning those persons seeking to be executive committee members of their parties and for whom elections are held simultaneous with the presidential preference primary rather than…”
Ruiz v. Farias, 43 So. 3d 124 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “Ruiz argues in her initial brief that she will not be "elected” to the Florida House of Representatives until the State Canvassing Commission certifies her election under section 102.111 of the Florida Statutes (2010).”
Robert C. Touchston v. Michael McDermott, 234 F.3d 1133 (11th Cir. 2000). · cites it 6× “Fla. Stat. § 102.111 (1). In the current dispute over the presidential election, the Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, has recused himself from the Elections Canvassing Commission because the Republican candidate for President, George W.”
State, Chappell v. Martinez, 536 So. 2d 1007 (Fla. 1988). · cites it 8× “We find that the Flagler County Canvassing Board substantially complied with section 102.111, Florida Statutes (1987), and, therefore, deny the requested relief.”
The State of Florida v. Ronald Lee Miller (Fla. 3d DCA 2024). · cites it 2× “053 (explaining process by which the supervisor of the county canvasing board transmits the summary election results to the Department of State Division of Elections); see also § 102.111, Fla. Stat. (setting forth the duties of the Elections Canvassing Commission which meets to…”
Hart v. State of Florida (Fla. 2d DCA 2025). “"); § 102.111(2) ("The Elections Canvassing Commission shall meet .”
— 102.111(1) — 2 cases
Palm Beach Cnty. Canvassing Bd. v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 2000). “§ 102.111, Fla.Stat. (2000) (emphasis added).”
Repub. State Exec. Comm. v. Graham, 388 So. 2d 556 (Fla. 1980). “The statute also requires the secretary to certify to the supervisor all candidates for "election," meaning those persons seeking to be executive committee members of their parties and for whom elections are held simultaneous with the presidential preference primary rather than…”
— 102.111(2) — 1 case
Hart v. State of Florida (Fla. 2d DCA 2025). “"); § 102.111(2) ("The Elections Canvassing Commission shall meet .”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.

This Florida statute resource is curated by this site's author, a Jacksonville, Florida personal injury and workers' compensation attorney (Florida Bar No. 39104). For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.