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Fla. Stat. § 102.151 (2025)

County canvassing board to issue certificates; supervisor to give notice to Department of State.

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102.151 County canvassing board to issue certificates; supervisor to give notice to Department of State.—The county canvassing board shall make and sign duplicate certificates containing the total number of votes cast for each person nominated or elected, the names of persons for whom such votes were cast, and the number of votes cast for each candidate or nominee. One of such certificates which relates to offices for which the candidates or nominees have been voted for in more than one county shall be immediately transmitted to the Department of State, and the second copy filed in the supervisor’s office. The supervisor shall transmit to the Department of State, immediately after the county canvassing board has canvassed the returns of the election, a list containing the names of all county and district officers nominated or elected, the office for which each was nominated or elected, and the mailing address of each.

History.—s. 47, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 351; CGL 408; s. 12, ch. 13761, 1929; s. 5, ch. 25388, 1949; s. 6, ch. 26870, 1951; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 27, ch. 77-175; s. 31, ch. 89-338.

Note.—Former s. 102.46.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1981–1984 · leading case: McPherson v. Flynn, 397 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 1981).

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McPherson v. Flynn, 397 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 1981). · cites it 2× “151, Florida Statutes (1979), makes clear that this certificate concerns the number of votes, by stating, "The county canvassing board shall make and sign triplicate certificates containing the total number of votes cast for each person... ." We can therefore find no right of…”

Morse v. Dade Cnty. Canvassing Bd., 456 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). · cites it 2× “§ 102.151, Fla. Stat. (1983). *1316 It is not the court's business to determine which candidate should be certified or to otherwise relieve the board of its certification responsibility absent a well-founded protest.”

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