Florida Statute 101.20 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 101
VOTING METHODS AND PROCEDURE

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101.20 Publication of ballot form; sample ballots.—

(1) Two sample ballots shall be furnished to each polling place by the officer whose duty it is to provide official ballots. The sample ballots shall be in the form of the official ballot as it will appear at that polling place on election day. Sample ballots shall be open to inspection by all electors in any election, and a sufficient number of reduced-size ballots may be furnished to election officials so that one may be given to any elector desiring same.

(2)(a) Upon completion of the list of qualified candidates, a sample ballot shall be published by the supervisor in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, before the day of election.

(b) In lieu of the publication required under paragraph (a), a supervisor may send a sample ballot to each registered elector by e-mail at least 7 days before an election if an e-mail address has been provided and the elector has opted to receive a sample ballot by electronic delivery. If an e-mail address has not been provided, or if the elector has not opted for electronic delivery, a sample ballot may be mailed to each registered elector or to each household in which there is a registered elector at least 7 days before an election.

History.—s. 5, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 8, ch. 57-166; s. 9, ch. 65-380; s. 1, ch. 75-174; s. 16, ch. 77-175; s. 2, ch. 2013-192; s. 12, ch. 2019-162.

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Redwing Carriers, Inc. v. Saraland Apts., 94 F.3d 1489 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 156 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 27 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20028, 140 A.L.R. Fed. 691, 43 ERC (BNA) 1196, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 24003

liability under CERCLA. Nothing in § 107(a) or § 101(20)(A) implies that owner liability can be imposed

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United States v. Fleet Factors Corp., 901 F.2d 1550 (11th Cir. 1990).

Cited 83 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1990 WL 57874

Interpreting the Meaning of Lender Management Under Section 101(20)(A) of CERCLA, 98 Yale L.J. 925, 928, 944 (1989)

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Redwing Carriers, Inc. v. Saraland Apts., 94 F.3d 1489 (11th Cir. 1996).

Cited 66 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1996 WL 487859

liability under CERCLA. Nothing in § 107(a) or § 101(20)(A) implies that owner liability can be imposed

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United States v. McArthur, 108 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 1997).

Cited 29 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 6055, 1997 WL 114535

firearm possession on federal property. 41 C.F.R. § 101-20.313 (1988). GSA amended the regulations in 1989

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United States v. Gilbert, 130 F.3d 1458 (11th Cir. 1997).

Cited 19 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 35532, 1997 WL 767346

Federal Property Management Regulations, 41 C.F.R. § 101-20.305 (1996) (“the regulation”) (creating a disturbance

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United States v. Adams, 502 F. Supp. 21 (S.D. Fla. 1980).

Cited 10 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9477

but can only be prosecuted, if at all, under section 101-20.312 without the assimilation of any state statute

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Diaz v. Cobb, 541 F. Supp. 2d 1319 (S.D. Fla. 2008).

Cited 6 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 56 A.L.R. 6th 815, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27361, 2008 WL 793584

...primary election (Tr. 2/6:111). The Supervisors must also supply each polling location with sample ballots and must either publish sample ballots in a newspaper or mail them to individual households no later than seven days prior to an election. See § 101.20, Fla....

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United States v. Gilbert, 47 F.3d 1116 (11th Cir. 1995).

Cited 6 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 5447, 1995 WL 84137

instructed not to do so. See 41 C.F.R. § 101-20.304. The district court also found Gilbert guilty

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Matter of Morgan Strawberry Farm, 98 B.R. 584 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1989).

Cited 2 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1989 Bankr. LEXIS 487, 1989 WL 32049

products in an unmanufactured state. 11 U.S.C. § 101(20). In In re Armstrong, the Debtor rented farmland

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In Re Blackwelder Harvesting Co., Inc., 106 B.R. 301 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1989).

Cited 1 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 1989 Bankr. LEXIS 1830, 1989 WL 126940

operation". "Farming operation" is defined in Section 101(20) and includes "farming, tillage of soil, dairy

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Doe v. United States, 533 F. Supp. 245 (S.D. Fla. 1982).

Cited 1 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9455

...of criminal or disruptive incidents in the surrounding neighborhood not primarily directed toward the occupant agency's mission; extent of exterior lighting, presence of physical barriers; and such other factors as may be deemed pertinent. 41 C.F.R. § 101.20.502....

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Watford v. Fed. Land Bank of Columbia (In re Watford), 898 F.2d 1525 (11th Cir. 1990).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 22 Collier Bankr. Cas. 2d 1286, 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 6176

“farming operation,” as contemplated by 11 U.S.C. § 101(20) does not include appellants’ stone crabbing business;

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United States v. Gilbert, 130 F.3d 1458 (11th Cir. 1997).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Federal Property Management Regulations, 41 C.F.R. § 101-20.305 (1996) (“the regulation”) (creating a disturbance

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