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Fla. Stat. § 105.061 (2025)

Electors qualified to vote.

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105.061 Electors qualified to vote.
(1) Each qualified elector of the territorial jurisdiction of a court shall be eligible to vote for a candidate for each judicial office of such court or, in the case of a justice or a judge seeking retention, for or against retention of such justice or judge.
(2) The election of members of a school board shall be by vote of the qualified electors as prescribed in chapter 1001.
History.s. 6, ch. 71-49; s. 38, ch. 77-175; s. 6, ch. 99-326; s. 5, ch. 99-355; s. 887, ch. 2002-387.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1998–1998 · leading case: Davis v. Chiles, 139 F.3d 1414 (11th Cir. 1998).
Davis v. Chiles, 139 F.3d 1414 (11th Cir. 1998). “See Fla. Stat. §§ 105.061 ,105.051. Second, the retention language of Article V, Section 10 includes only justices of the Florida Supreme Court or judges of a district court of appeal, as do Florida’s statutes.”
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