Florida Statute 102.112 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

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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Amendments to 102.112

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 102.112

Total Results: 10

Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd. v. Harris

772 So. 2d 1273, 2000 WL 1804707

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 11, 2000 | Docket: 2517588

Cited 36 times | Published

Legislature in 1989 revised chapter 102 to include section 102.112, which provides that late returns "may" be

Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections, Inc. v. Browning

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

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Feb 11, 2010 | Docket: 1652597

Cited 15 times | Published

the eleventh day following a general election. § 102.112(2), Fla. Stat. (2006). If the returns are not

Gore v. Harris

772 So. 2d 1243, 2000 WL 1800752

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 8, 2000 | Docket: 2523042

Cited 13 times | Published

certification process of Section 102.111 and Section 102.112 for the contested election process of Section

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

Legislature in 1989 revised chapter 102 to include section 102.112, which provides that returns not received after

National Labor Relations Board v. Imperial House Condominium, Inc.

831 F.2d 999, 9 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1277, 126 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2988, 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 14774

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 6, 1987 | Docket: 975702

Cited 10 times | Published

simply not made. The Condominium’s reliance on Section 102.112 is mistaken. 4 . The cases cited

Browning v. Sarasota Alliance

968 So. 2d 637, 2007 WL 3170111

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 31, 2007 | Docket: 2531657

Cited 8 times | Published

eleventh day after the general election). See § 102.112(2); see also Division of Elections *653 Advisory

Siegel v. LePore

120 F. Supp. 2d 1041, 29 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1190, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16333, 2000 WL 1687185

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Nov 13, 2000 | Docket: 2367000

Cited 7 times | Published

officer. See Fla. Stat. § 102.111(1); Fla. Stat. § 102.112. Based on the sum total of the results generated

Touchston v. Mcdermott

234 F.3d 1133

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 18, 2000 | Docket: 257768

Cited 2 times | Published

Department of State.9 Fla. Stat. 102.111(1); Fla. Stat. 102.112. After all the counties have certified election

United States v. Gabriel Dominguez

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 13, 2021 | Docket: 59902855

Published

Sexual Predators Act of 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-314, § 102, 112 Stat. 2934. We can look to dictionaries and

Robert C. Touchston v. Michael McDermott

234 F.3d 1133, 2000 WL 1781942

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 6, 2000 | Docket: 396313

Published

of State.9 Fla. Stat. § 102.111(1); Fla. Stat. § 102.112. After all the counties have certified election