Florida Statute 101.021 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 101
VOTING METHODS AND PROCEDURE

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101.021 Elector to vote the primary ballot of the political party in which he or she is registered.—In a primary election a qualified elector is entitled to vote the official primary election ballot of the political party designated in the elector’s registration, and no other. It is unlawful for any elector to vote in a primary for any candidate running for nomination from a party other than that in which such elector is registered.

History.—s. 41, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 345; CGL 402; s. 5, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 21, ch. 28156, 1953; s. 13, ch. 77-175; s. 552, ch. 95-147.

Note.—Former s. 102.40.

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Cases Citing Statute 101.021

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United States v. Janice E. Devall, 704 F.2d 1513 (11th Cir. 1983).

Cited 41 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 8 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 663, 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 27986, 10 Bankr. Ct. Dec. (CRR) 815

instrumentality of the United States_” 11 U.S.C. § 101(21). 3 . The Social Security Act specifies

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Morris v. Div. of Ret., 696 So. 2d 380 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1997 Fla. App. LEXIS 4983, 1997 WL 235124

at the United States Naval Academy." 38 U.S.C. § 101(21)(D). Lt. Col. Morris (Ret.) argues that this federal

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Jennifer Brinkmann v. Tyron Francois, etc., 184 So. 3d 504 (Fla. 2016).

Cited 2 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 41 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 25, 2016 Fla. LEXIS 235, 2016 WL 454041

...at 858; see, e.g., State ex rel. Hall v. Hildebrand, 168 So. 531, 532 (Fla. 1936) (“The primary election laws of this state clearly require participants in primary elections, whether as voters or candidates, to specially register for that purpose.”); § 101.021, Fla....

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Chalifoux v. Sanchez, 991 So. 2d 432 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 4363572

...*433 Section 99.012(5) places the responsibility for enforcing the Resign-to-Run Law on an elector or the Department of State without requiring either to have a party affiliation. It could have done so, if it chose to place limitations on the elector, as it did elsewhere in the election laws. See §§ 100.361, 101.021, and 102.168, Fla. Stat. (2007). Appellant argues that since appellee cannot vote in the primary under section 101.021, he is not a qualified elector under section 99.012(5)....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1979).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

other than active duty for training.' 38 U.S.C. § 101(21)(A). `Active duty for training' is defined in

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Michael Polelle v. Florida Sec'y of State (11th Cir. 2025).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Argued: Oct 11, 2024

elector’s reg- istration, and no other.” Id. § 101.021. In fact, “[i]t is unlawful for any elector

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