Florida Statute 100.181 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 100
GENERAL, PRIMARY, SPECIAL, BOND, AND REFERENDUM ELECTIONS

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100.181 Determination of person elected.—The person receiving the highest number of votes cast in a general or special election for an office shall be elected to the office. In case two or more persons receive an equal and highest number of votes for the same office, such persons shall draw lots to determine who shall be elected to the office.

History.—s. 7, ch. 20872, 1941; s. 4, ch. 26329, 1949; s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 24, ch. 77-104; s. 12, ch. 77-175.

Note.—Former s. 98.49.

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Potter v. Washington Cnty., Fla., 653 F. Supp. 121 (N.D. Fla. 1986).

Cited 4 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22895, 37 Educ. L. Rep. 1137

...[§ 100.091, Fla.Stat. (1985)] The candidate from each district receiving the highest number of votes in the general election is elected to the board of county commissioners or the school board and is not required to receive a majority of the votes cast. [§ 100.181, Fla....

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Solomon v. Liberty Cnty., 865 F.2d 1566 (11th Cir. 1988).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1988 WL 131939

vote in a countywide general election. See id. § 100.181 (general provision); id. § 230.10 (school board)

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