Chapter 99 — Chapter 99
16 sections in this chapter.
Fla. Stat. § 99.012 Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office
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(1) As used in this section:(a) “Officer” means a person, whether elected or appointed, who has the authority to exercise the sovereign power of the state pertaining to an office recognized under the State Constitution or laws of the state. With respect to a municipality, the ter…
Fla. Stat. § 99.021 Form of candidate oath
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(1)(a)1. Each candidate, whether a party candidate, a candidate with no party affiliation, or a write-in candidate, in order to qualify for nomination or election to any office other than a judicial office as defined in chapter 105 or a federal office, shall take and subscribe to…
Fla. Stat. § 99.0215 Name of candidate
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(1) Each candidate shall designate in the oath or affirmation specified in s. 99.021 the name that he or she wishes to have printed on the ballot, or, in the case of a write-in candidate, the name that he or she wishes to have voters write in on the ballot when voting for him or …
Fla. Stat. § 99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office
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(1) The provisions of any special act to the contrary notwithstanding, each person seeking to qualify for nomination or election to a federal, state, or multicounty district office, other than election to a judicial office as defined in chapter 105 or the office of school board m…
Fla. Stat. § 99.063 Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
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(1) No later than 5 p.m. of the 9th day following the primary election, each candidate for Governor shall designate a Lieutenant Governor as a running mate. Such designation must be made in writing to the Department of State.(2) No later than 5 p.m. of the 9th day following the p…
Fla. Stat. § 99.081 United States Senators elected in general election
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United States Senators from Florida shall be elected at the general election held preceding the expiration of the present term of office, and such election shall conform as nearly as practicable to the methods provided for the election of state officers.
Fla. Stat. § 99.091 Representatives to Congress
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(1) A Representative to Congress shall be elected in and for each congressional district at each general election.(2) When Florida is entitled to additional representatives according to the last census, representatives shall be elected from the state at large and at large thereaf…
Fla. Stat. § 99.092 Qualifying fee of candidate; notification of Department of State
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(1) Each person seeking to qualify for nomination or election to any office, except a person seeking to qualify by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095 and except a person seeking to qualify as a write-in candidate, shall pay a qualifying fee, which shall consist of a filin…
Fla. Stat. § 99.093 Municipal candidates; election assessment
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(1) Each person seeking to qualify for nomination or election to a municipal office shall pay, at the time of qualifying for office, an election assessment. The election assessment shall be an amount equal to 1 percent of the annual salary of the office sought. Within 30 days aft…
Fla. Stat. § 99.095 Petition process in lieu of a qualifying fee and party assessment
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(1) A person who seeks to qualify as a candidate for any office and who meets the petition requirements of this section is not required to pay the qualifying fee or party assessment required by this chapter.(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a candidate must obtain the n…
Fla. Stat. § 99.0955 Candidates with no party affiliation; name on general election ballot
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(1) Each person seeking to qualify for election as a candidate with no party affiliation shall file his or her qualifying papers and pay the qualifying fee or qualify by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095 with the officer and during the times and under the circumstances p…
Fla. Stat. § 99.096 Minor political party candidates; names on ballot
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Each person seeking to qualify for election as a candidate of a minor political party shall file his or her qualifying papers with, and pay the qualifying fee and, if one has been levied, the party assessment, or qualify by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095, with the off…
Fla. Stat. § 99.09651 Signature requirements for ballot position in year of apportionment
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(1) In a year of apportionment, any candidate for representative to Congress, state Senate, or state House of Representatives seeking ballot position by the petition process prescribed in s. 99.095 shall obtain at least the number of signatures equal to one-third of 1 percent of …
Fla. Stat. § 99.097 Verification of signatures on petitions
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(1)(a) As determined by each supervisor, based upon local conditions, the checking of names on petitions may be based on the most inexpensive and administratively feasible of either of the following methods of verification:1. A check of each petition; or2. A check of a random sam…
Fla. Stat. § 99.103 Department of State to remit part of filing fees and party assessments of candidates to state executive committee
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(1) If more than three-fourths of the full authorized membership of the state executive committee of any party was elected at the last previous election for such members and if such party is declared by the Department of State to have recorded on the registration books of the cou…
Fla. Stat. § 99.121 Department of State to certify nominations to supervisors of elections
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The Department of State shall certify to the supervisor of elections of each county affected by a candidacy for office the names of persons nominated to such office. The names of such persons shall be printed by the supervisor of elections upon the ballot in their proper place as…