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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 102
CONDUCTING ELECTIONS AND ASCERTAINING THE RESULTS

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F.S. 102.112

102.112 Deadline for submission of county returns to the Department of State.—

(1) The county canvassing board or a majority thereof shall file the county returns for the election of a federal or state officer with the Department of State immediately after certification of the election results. The returns must contain a certification by the canvassing board that the board has compared the number of persons who voted with the number of ballots counted and that the certification includes all valid votes cast in the election.

(2) Returns must be filed no later than noon on the 8th day following a primary election and no later than noon on the 13th day following the general election. However, the Department of State may correct typographical errors, including the transposition of numbers, in any returns submitted to the Department of State pursuant to s. 102.111(2).

(3) If the returns are not received by the department by the time specified, such returns shall be ignored and the results on file at that time shall be certified by the department.

(4) If the returns are not received by the department due to an emergency, as defined in s. 101.732, the Elections Canvassing Commission shall determine the deadline by which the returns must be received.

History.—s. 30, ch. 89-338; s. 7, ch. 99-140; s. 40, ch. 2001-40; s. 57, ch. 2005-277; s. 32, ch. 2007-30; s. 26, ch. 2008-95; s. 13, ch. 2010-167; s. 35, ch. 2023-120.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 102.112

Total Results: 14

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION v. LOURDES TRICHE, etc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2023-03-15T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Superior Court of California, Solano City, 480 U.S. 102, 112 (1987). Asahi involved an attempt by a California

SOUTHERN WALL PRODUCTS, INC. v. STEVEN E. BOLIN and DEBORAH BOLIN

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-07-25T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Superior Court of California, Solano County, 480 U.S. 102, 112, 107 S. Ct. 1026, 94 L. Ed. 2d 92 (1987), the

SOUTHERN WALL PRODUCTS, INC. v. STEVEN E. BOLIN and DEBORAH BOLIN

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-07-25T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 251 So. 3d 935

Snippet: Superior Court of California, Solano County, 480 U.S. 102, 112, 107 S. Ct. 1026, 94 L. Ed. 2d 92 (1987), the

Dr. AN Q. LE v. TRALONGO, LLC

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-02-13T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: Superior Court of California, Solano Cty., 480 U.S. 102, 112 (1987) (O’Connor, J.). Maintenance of the suit

Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections, Inc. v. Browning

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2010-02-11T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 28 So. 3d 880, 35 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 101, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 218, 2010 WL 455276

Snippet: must certify the election results. §§ 102.071, 102.112, 102.151, Fla. Stat. (2006). In contrast, the SAFE…the eleventh day following a general election. § 102.112(2), Fla. Stat. (2006). If the returns are not received…time shall be certified by the department.” Id. § 102.112(8). The SAFE amendment provides that no election

Browning v. Sarasota Alliance

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-10-31T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 968 So. 2d 637

Snippet: eleventh day following a general election.[13]See §§ 102.112(2), .141(6). Under the SAFE amendment, no election…eleventh day after the general election). See § 102.112(2); see also Division of Elections *653 Advisory…frame to twelve days after a general election. § 102.112(2), Fla. Stat. (2007). [14] Even the trial court

Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd. v. Harris

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2000-12-10T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 772 So. 2d 1273

Snippet: seven-day deadline set forth in sections 102.111 and 102.112, Florida Statutes (2000), the Board sought an advisory…seven-day deadline set forth in sections 102.111 and 102.112?[7] III. THE APPLICABLE LAW A fundamental principle…seven-day deadline set forth in sections 102.111 and 102.112 under the circumstances presented. VI. AMENDED…returns to the Department under sections 102.111 and 102.112 is in conflict with the time frame for conducting…] Second, the language in sections 102.111 and 102.112, authorizing the Secretary to ignore amended or

Gore v. Harris

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2000-12-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 772 So. 2d 1243

Snippet: the incongruities, the time limits of sections 102.112, 102.166, and 102.168 and 3 U.S.C. §§ 1, 5, and…certification process of Section 102.111 and Section 102.112 for the contested election process of Section 102.168

Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd. v. Harris

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2000-11-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 772 So. 2d 1220

Snippet: the deadline set forth in sections 102.111 and 102.112. The Division of Elections *1226 responded by issuing…day deadline set forth in sections 102.111 and 102.112?[10] IV. LEGAL OPINION OF THE DIVISION OF ELECTIONS…seven-day deadline set forth in sections 102.111 and 102.112 under the circumstances presented. V. THE APPLICABLE…submitting county returns under sections 102.111 and 102.112. Second, the mandatory language in section 102.111….111 conflicts with the permissive language in 102.112. A. The Recount Conflict Section 102.166(1) states

Winselmann v. Reynolds

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-03-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 690 So. 2d 1325

Snippet: no right or authority. Brown v. Solary, 37 Fla. 102, 112, 19 So. 161, 164 (1896); Guin v. City of Riviera

Marcolini v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1996-01-17T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 673 So. 2d 3

Snippet: (Fla.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 834, 111 S.Ct. 102, 112 L.Ed.2d 73 (1990). [7] I fail to see how jury

Bankston v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1995-02-21T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 651 So. 2d 719

Snippet: concurring), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 834, 111 S.Ct. 102, 112 L.Ed.2d 73 (1990); Mansfield v. State, 633 So.2d

Johnson v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-09-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 641 So. 2d 970

Snippet: (Fla.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 834, 111 S.Ct. 102, 112 L.Ed.2d 73 (1990). In this case, this alternative

Bowman v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-05-12T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 618 So. 2d 763, 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 5245, 1993 WL 152401

Snippet: nom. Frazier v. Dugger, 498 U.S. 834, 111 S.Ct. 102, 112 L.Ed.2d 73 (1990). . 316.193 Driving under the