Florida Statute 97.0115 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 97
QUALIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS

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97.0115 Preemption.—All matters set forth in chapters 97-105 are preempted to the state, except as otherwise specifically authorized by state or federal law. The conduct of municipal elections shall be governed by s. 100.3605.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2010-167.

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Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc., 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

Id. at 640. The Fifth District held that section 97.0115, Florida Statutes, expressly preempts the

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Classy Cycles, Inc. v. Bay Cnty., 201 So. 3d 779 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14507

specifically authorized by state or federal law. See § 97.0115, Fla. Stat. . We do not address Appellant’s

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Jackson v. Leon Cnty. Elections Canvassing Bd., 204 So. 3d 571 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 17402

a limited exception for municipal elections. § 97.0115, Fla. Stat. (2016) (“All matters set forth in

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Orange Cnty., Florida v. Rick Singh, etc. (Fla. 2019).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

Below, the Fifth District held that section 97.0115, Florida Statutes (2010), expressly preempts

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Orange Cnty. v. Singh, 230 So. 3d 639 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017).

Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

Statutes. In 2010, the Legislature enacted section 97.0115, which expressly provided that all matters

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