Florida Statute 102.151 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS

Chapter 102
CONDUCTING ELECTIONS AND ASCERTAINING THE RESULTS

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102.151 County canvassing board to issue certificates; supervisor to give notice to Department of State.—The county canvassing board shall make and sign duplicate certificates containing the total number of votes cast for each person nominated or elected, the names of persons for whom such votes were cast, and the number of votes cast for each candidate or nominee. One of such certificates which relates to offices for which the candidates or nominees have been voted for in more than one county shall be immediately transmitted to the Department of State, and the second copy filed in the supervisor’s office. The supervisor shall transmit to the Department of State, immediately after the county canvassing board has canvassed the returns of the election, a list containing the names of all county and district officers nominated or elected, the office for which each was nominated or elected, and the mailing address of each.

History.—s. 47, ch. 6469, 1913; RGS 351; CGL 408; s. 12, ch. 13761, 1929; s. 5, ch. 25388, 1949; s. 6, ch. 26870, 1951; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 27, ch. 77-175; s. 31, ch. 89-338.

Note.—Former s. 102.46.

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McPherson v. Flynn, 397 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 1981).

Cited 13 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida

...ending an election contest to areas outside the balloting process. See State ex rel. Gandy v. Page, 125 Fla. 453, 170 So. 118 (1936). Additionally, section 102.168 is limited, under these circumstances, to contesting the "certification of election." Section 102.151, Florida Statutes (1979), makes clear that this certificate concerns the number of votes, by stating, "The county canvassing board shall make and sign triplicate certificates containing the total number of votes cast for each person......

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Morse v. Dade Cnty. Canvassing Bd., 456 So. 2d 1314 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...otes accordingly. After completion of the canvassing pursuant to Section 102.141 the board is obligated, in the absence of a protest, to certify the results to the Department of State, the clerk of the circuit court, and the supervisor of elections. § 102.151, Fla....

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