Chapter 103 — Chapter 103
15 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 103.011 Electors of President and Vice President
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Electors of President and Vice President, known as presidential electors, shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year the number of which is a multiple of 4. Votes cast for the actual candidates for President and Vice President shall be c…
Fla. Stat. § 103.021 Nomination for presidential electors
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Candidates for presidential electors shall be nominated in the following manner:(1)(a) The Governor shall nominate the presidential electors of each political party. The state executive committee of each political party shall by resolution recommend candidates for presidential el…
Fla. Stat. § 103.022 Write-in candidates for President and Vice President
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(1) Persons seeking to qualify for election as write-in candidates for President and Vice President of the United States may have a blank space provided on the general election ballot for their names to be written in by filing an oath with the Department of State at any time afte…
Fla. Stat. § 103.051 Congress sets meeting dates of electors
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The presidential electors shall, on the day that is directed by Congress and at the time fixed by the Governor, meet at Tallahassee and perform the duties required of them by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Fla. Stat. § 103.061 Meeting of electors and filling of vacancies
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Each presidential elector shall, on the day fixed by Congress to elect a President and Vice President and at the time fixed by the Governor, give notice to the Governor that the elector is in Tallahassee and ready to perform the duties of presidential elector. The Governor shall …
Fla. Stat. § 103.062 Plurality of votes to fill vacancy; proceeding in case of tie
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If any more than the number of persons required to fill the vacancy as provided by s. 103.061 receive the highest and an equal number of votes, then the election of those receiving such highest and equal number of votes shall be determined by lot drawn by the Governor in the pres…
Fla. Stat. § 103.071 Compensation of electors
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Each presidential elector attending as such in Tallahassee shall be reimbursed for his or her travel expenses, as provided in s. 112.061, from the elector’s place of residence to Tallahassee and return. Such expenses shall be paid upon approval of the Governor. The amounts necess…
Fla. Stat. § 103.081 Use of party name; political advertising
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(1) No person shall use the name, abbreviation, or symbol of any political party, the name, abbreviation, or symbol of which is filed with the Department of State, in political advertising in newspapers, other publications, handbills, radio or television, or any other form of adv…
Fla. Stat. § 103.091 Political parties
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(1) Each political party of the state shall be represented by a state executive committee. County executive committees and other committees may be established in accordance with the rules of the state executive committee. A political party may provide for the selection of its nat…
Fla. Stat. § 103.092 Affiliated party committees
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(1) For purposes of this section, the term “leader” means the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the minority leader of either house of the Legislature, until a person is designated by a political party conference of members of either house t…
Fla. Stat. § 103.095 Minor political parties
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(1) Any group of citizens organized for the general purposes of electing to office qualified persons and determining public issues under the democratic processes of the United States may become a minor political party of this state by filing with the department a certificate show…
Fla. Stat. § 103.101 Presidential preference primary
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(1) Each political party other than a minor political party shall, at the presidential preference primary, elect one person to be the party’s candidate for nomination for President of the United States or select delegates to the party’s national nominating convention, as provided…
Fla. Stat. § 103.121 Powers and duties of executive committees
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(1)(a) Each state and county executive committee of a political party shall have the power and duty:1. To adopt a constitution by two-thirds vote of the full committee.2. To adopt such bylaws as it may deem necessary by majority vote of the full committee.3. To conduct its meetin…
Fla. Stat. § 103.131 Political party offices deemed vacant in certain cases
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Every political party office shall be deemed vacant in the following cases:(1) By the death of the incumbent.(2) By his or her resignation.(3) By his or her removal.(4) By his or her ceasing to be an inhabitant of the state, district, or precinct for which he or she shall have be…
Fla. Stat. § 103.141 Removal of county executive committee member for violation of oath
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If the county executive committee by at least a two-thirds majority vote of the members of the committee, attending a meeting held after due notice has been given and at which meeting a quorum is present, determines an incumbent county executive committee member is guilty of an o…