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Florida Statutes, Title IX

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Title IX, Electors and Elections

11 chapters · 363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title IX363 Ch 101, Voting Methods and Procedure94 Ch 106, Campaign Financing66 Ch 104, Election Code: Violations; Penalties45 Ch 100, General, Primary, Special, Bond, and…35 Ch 97, Qualification and Registration of El…31 Ch 102, Conducting Elections and Ascertainin…21 Ch 99, Candidates17 Ch 98, Registration Office, Officers, and P…15 Ch 103, Presidential Electors; Political Par…15 Ch 105, Nonpartisan Elections13 Ch 107, Conventions to Consider Proposed Ame…11

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Fla. Stat. § 106.0706 Electronic filing of campaign finance reports; public records exemption
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(1) Information entered in the electronic filing system for purposes of generating a report pursuant to s. 106.0705 is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.(2) Information entered in the electronic filing system is no longer exempt once the repo…
Fla. Stat. § 106.071 Independent expenditures; electioneering communications; reports; disclaimers
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(1) Each person who makes an independent expenditure with respect to any candidate or issue, and each individual who makes an expenditure for an electioneering communication which is not otherwise reported pursuant to this chapter, which expenditure, in the aggregate, is in the a…
Fla. Stat. § 106.072 Social media deplatforming of political candidates
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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Candidate” has the same meaning as in s. 106.011(3)(e).(b) “Deplatform” has the same meaning as in s. 501.2041.(c) “Social media platform” has the same meaning as in s. 501.2041.(d) “User” has the same meaning as in s. 501.2041.(2) A soc…
Fla. Stat. § 106.075 Elected officials; report of loans made in year preceding election; limitation on contributions to pay loans

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(1) A person who is elected to office must report all loans, exceeding $500 in value, made to him or her and used for campaign purposes, and made in the 12 months preceding his or her election to office, to the filing officer. The report must be made, in the manner prescribed by …

Fla. Stat. § 106.08 Contributions; limitations on

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(1)(a) Except for political parties or affiliated party committees, no person or political committee may, in any election, make contributions in excess of the following amounts:1. To a candidate for statewide office or for retention as a justice of the Supreme Court, $3,000. Cand…

Fla. Stat. § 106.087 Independent expenditures; contribution limits; restrictions on political parties and political committees

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(1)(a) As a condition of receiving a rebate of filing fees and party assessment funds pursuant to s. 99.061(2), s. 99.092(1), s. 99.103, or s. 103.121(1)(b), the chair or treasurer of a state or county executive committee shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in writ…

Fla. Stat. § 106.088 Independent expenditures; contribution limits; restrictions on affiliated party committees

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(1) As a condition of receiving a rebate of party assessments under s. 103.121(1)(b), the leader or treasurer of an affiliated party committee as defined in s. 103.092 shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in writing. During the qualifying period for state candidates…

Fla. Stat. § 106.09 Cash contributions and contribution by cashier’s checks

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(1)(a) A person may not make an aggregate cash contribution or contribution by means of a cashier’s check to the same candidate or committee in excess of $50 per election.(b) A person may not accept an aggregate cash contribution or contribution by means of a cashier’s check from…

Fla. Stat. § 106.11 Expenses of and expenditures by candidates and political committees

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Each candidate and each political committee which designates a primary campaign depository pursuant to s. 106.021(1) shall make expenditures from funds on deposit in such primary campaign depository only in the following manner, with the exception of expenditures made from petty …

Fla. Stat. § 106.113 Expenditures by local governments

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(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Local government” means:1. A county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision in this state; and2. Any department, agency, board, bureau, district, commission, authority, or similar body of a county, municipality, sc…

Fla. Stat. § 106.12 Petty cash funds allowed

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(1) Each campaign treasurer designated pursuant to s. 106.021(1) for a candidate or political committee is authorized to withdraw from the primary campaign account, until the close of the last day for qualifying for office, the amount of $500 per calendar quarter reporting period…

Fla. Stat. § 106.125 Credit cards; conditions on use

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Any candidate for statewide office or any political committee created to support or oppose any candidate for statewide office or to support or oppose any statewide issue may obtain, and use in making travel-related campaign expenditures, credit cards. The obtention and use of cre…

Fla. Stat. § 106.14 Utilities; deposits; prior authorization

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(1) Utility companies providing utilities services to a candidate or political committee shall charge a deposit sufficient to meet all anticipated charges during a billing period.(2) Authorization and payment for utilities used during the billing period must be made by the candid…

Fla. Stat. § 106.1405 Use of campaign funds

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A candidate or the spouse of a candidate may not use funds on deposit in a campaign account of such candidate to defray normal living expenses for the candidate or the candidate’s family, other than expenses actually incurred for transportation, meals, and lodging by the candidat…

Fla. Stat. § 106.141 Disposition of surplus funds by candidates

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (6), each candidate who withdraws his or her candidacy, becomes an unopposed candidate, or is eliminated as a candidate or elected to office shall, within 90 days, dispose of the funds on deposit in his or her campaign account and file a repor…

Fla. Stat. § 106.143 Political advertisements circulated prior to election; requirements

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(1)(a) Any political advertisement that is paid for by a candidate, except a write-in candidate, and that is published, displayed, or circulated before, or on the day of, any election must prominently state:1. “Political advertisement paid for and approved by (name of candidate) …

Fla. Stat. § 106.1435 Usage and removal of political campaign advertisements

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(1) Each candidate, whether for a federal, state, county, or district office, shall make a good faith effort to remove all of his or her political campaign advertisements within 30 days after:(a) Withdrawal of his or her candidacy;(b) Having been eliminated as a candidate; or(c) …

Fla. Stat. § 106.1436 Voter guide; disclaimers; violations

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(1) As used in this section, the term “voter guide” means direct mail that is either an electioneering communication or a political advertisement sent for the purpose of advocating for or endorsing particular issues or candidates by recommending specific electoral choices to the …

Fla. Stat. § 106.1437 Miscellaneous advertisements

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Any advertisement, other than a political advertisement, independent expenditure, or electioneering communication, on billboards, bumper stickers, radio, or television, or in a newspaper, a magazine, or a periodical, intended to influence public policy or the vote of a public off…

Fla. Stat. § 106.1439 Electioneering communications; disclaimers

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(1) Any electioneering communication, other than a text message or a telephone call, must prominently state: “Paid electioneering communication paid for by (Name and address of person paying for the communication) .”(2) Any person who fails to include the disclaimer prescribed in…

Fla. Stat. § 106.145 Use of artificial intelligence

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(1) As used in this section, the term “generative artificial intelligence” means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic content including images, …

Fla. Stat. § 106.147 Text message and telephone solicitation; disclosure requirements; prohibitions; exemptions; penalties

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(1)(a) Any text message or telephone call supporting or opposing a candidate, an elected public official, or a ballot measure, and any electioneering text message or telephone call, must include the phrase “Paid for by,” followed by the name of the persons or organizations sponso…

Fla. Stat. § 106.1475 Text message and telephone solicitation; registered agent requirements; penalty

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(1) Any person or organization that conducts business in this state consisting of sending text messages or placing telephone calls that are subject to the disclaimer requirements in s. 106.147 must, prior to conducting such business, have and continuously maintain, for at least 1…

Fla. Stat. § 106.15 Certain acts prohibited

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(1) No person shall pay money or give anything of value for the privilege of speaking at a political meeting in the furtherance of his or her candidacy, nor shall anyone speaking for such a person pay money or give anything of value for such privilege.(2) No candidate, in the fur…

Fla. Stat. § 106.151 Use of public funds prohibited

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(1) As used in this section, the term “public funds” means all moneys under the jurisdiction or control of the state government.(2) The state government or any person acting on behalf of the state government may not expend or authorize the expenditure of, and a person or group ma…

Fla. Stat. § 106.16 Limitation on certain rates and charges

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No person or corporation within the state publishing a newspaper or other periodical or operating a radio or television station or network of stations in Florida shall charge one candidate for state or county public office for political advertising in a county, or for political b…

Fla. Stat. § 106.161 Air time available at the lowest unit rate

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To the extent permitted by federal law, all broadcast radio and television stations and all cable television stations shall make air time available to candidates for public office at the lowest unit rate.History.—s. 35, ch. 91-107.

Fla. Stat. § 106.165 Use of closed captioning and descriptive narrative in all television broadcasts

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Each candidate, political party, affiliated party committee, and political committee must use closed captioning and descriptive narrative in all television broadcasts regulated by the Federal Communications Commission that are on behalf of, or sponsored by, a candidate, political…

Fla. Stat. § 106.17 Polls and surveys relating to candidacies

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Any candidate, political committee, electioneering communication organization, affiliated party committee, or state or county executive committee of a political party may authorize or conduct a political poll, survey, index, or measurement of any kind relating to candidacy for pu…

Fla. Stat. § 106.18 When a candidate’s name to be omitted from ballot

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(1) The name of a candidate shall not be printed on the ballot for an election if the candidate is convicted of violating s. 106.19.(2) Any candidate whose name is removed from the ballot pursuant to subsection (1) is disqualified as a candidate for office. If the disqualificatio…

Fla. Stat. § 106.19 Violations by candidates, persons connected with campaigns, and political committees

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(1) Any candidate; campaign manager, campaign treasurer, or deputy treasurer of any candidate; committee chair, vice chair, campaign treasurer, deputy treasurer, or other officer of any political committee; agent or person acting on behalf of any candidate or political committee;…

Fla. Stat. § 106.191 Signatures gathered for initiative petition; effect of ch. 97-13

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Any signature gathered on an authorized form for an initiative petition by a paid petition circulator which has been submitted prior to the effective date of this act may be kept and counted, if otherwise valid, and that form is not required to have the name and address of the pa…

Fla. Stat. § 106.21 Certificates of election not to be issued upon conviction

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(1) If a successful candidate is convicted of violating s. 106.19(1) prior to the issuance of his or her certificate of election, such certificate shall not be issued, and a vacancy shall be declared and filled as provided by law.(2) If a successful candidate is convicted of viol…

Fla. Stat. § 106.22 Duties of the Division of Elections

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It is the duty of the Division of Elections to:(1) Prescribe forms for statements and other information required to be filed by this chapter. Such forms shall be furnished by the Department of State or office of the supervisor of elections to persons required to file such stateme…

Fla. Stat. § 106.23 Powers of the Division of Elections

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(1) In order to carry out the responsibilities prescribed by s. 106.22, the Division of Elections is empowered to subpoena and bring before its duly authorized representatives any person in the state, or any person doing business in the state, or any person who has filed or is re…

Fla. Stat. § 106.24 Florida Elections Commission; membership; powers; duties

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(1)(a) There is created within the Department of Legal Affairs, Office of the Attorney General, a Florida Elections Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission. The commission shall be a separate budget entity and the agency head for all purposes. The commission shall n…

Fla. Stat. § 106.25 Reports of alleged violations to Florida Elections Commission; disposition of findings

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(1) Jurisdiction to investigate and determine violations of this chapter and chapter 104 is vested in the Florida Elections Commission; however, nothing in this section limits the jurisdiction of any other officers or agencies of government empowered by law to investigate, act up…

Fla. Stat. § 106.26 Powers of commission; rights and responsibilities of parties; findings by commission

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(1) The commission shall, pursuant to rules adopted and published in accordance with chapter 120, consider all sworn complaints filed with it and all matters reported to it by the Division of Elections. In order to carry out the responsibilities prescribed by this chapter, the co…

Fla. Stat. § 106.265 Civil penalties

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(1)(a) The commission or, in cases referred to the Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to s. 106.25(5), the administrative law judge is authorized upon the finding of a violation of this chapter or chapter 104 to impose civil penalties in the form of fines not to exceed …

Fla. Stat. § 106.27 Determinations by commission; legal disposition

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(1) Criminal proceedings for violations of this chapter or chapter 104 may be brought in the appropriate court of competent jurisdiction. Any such action brought under this chapter or chapter 104 shall be advanced on the docket of the court in which filed and put ahead of all oth…

Fla. Stat. § 106.28 Limitation of actions

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Actions for violation of this chapter must be commenced before 2 years have elapsed from the date of the violation.History.—s. 28, ch. 73-128; s. 1, ch. 82-46; s. 2, ch. 83-265; s. 22, ch. 89-256; s. 14, ch. 90-338.

Fla. Stat. § 106.29 Reports by political parties and affiliated party committees; restrictions on contributions and expenditures; penalties

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(1) The state executive committee and each county executive committee of each political party and any affiliated party committee regulated by chapter 103 shall file regular reports of all contributions received and all expenditures made by such committee. However, the reports sha…

Fla. Stat. § 106.295 Leadership fund

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(1) For purposes of this section:(a) “Leadership fund” means accounts comprised of any moneys contributed to a political party, directly or indirectly, which are designated to be used at the partial or total discretion of a leader.(b) “Leader” means the President of the Senate, t…

Fla. Stat. § 106.30 Short title

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Sections 106.30-106.36 may be cited as the “Florida Election Campaign Financing Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 86-276; ss. 1, 6, ch. 2024-116.

Fla. Stat. § 106.31 Legislative intent

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The Legislature finds that the costs of running an effective campaign for statewide office have reached a level which tends to discourage persons from becoming candidates and to limit the persons who run for such office to those who are independently wealthy, who are supported by…

Fla. Stat. § 106.32 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund

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(1) There is hereby established in the State Treasury an 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund to be utilized by the Department of State as provided in ss. 106.30-106.36. If necessary, each year in which a general election is to be held for the election of the Governor and Cabi…

Fla. Stat. § 106.33 Election campaign financing; eligibility

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Each candidate for the office of Governor or member of the Cabinet who desires to receive contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund, upon qualifying for office, shall file a request for such contributions with the filing officer on forms provided by the Divis…

Fla. Stat. § 106.34 Expenditure limits

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(1) Any candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor or Cabinet officer who requests contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund shall limit his or her total expenditures as follows:(a) Governor and Lieutenant Governor: $2.00 for each Florida-registered voter…

Fla. Stat. § 106.35 Distribution of funds

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(1) The division shall review each request for contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund and certify whether the candidate is eligible for such contributions. Notice of the certification decision shall be provided to the candidate. An adverse decision may be …

Fla. Stat. § 106.353 Candidates voluntarily abiding by election campaign financing limits but not requesting public funds; irrevocable statement required; penalty

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(1) Not later than qualifying for office, each candidate for the office of Governor or member of the Cabinet who has not made a request to receive contributions from the 1Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund, but who wishes to voluntarily abide by the applicable expenditure lim…