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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 106
CAMPAIGN FINANCING
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106.023 Statement of candidate.—
(1) Each candidate must file a statement with the qualifying officer within 10 days after filing the appointment of campaign treasurer and designation of campaign depository, stating that the candidate has read and understands the requirements of this chapter. Such statement shall be provided by the filing officer and shall be in substantially the following form:

STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE

I,  , candidate for the office of  , have been provided access to read and understand the requirements of Chapter 106, Florida Statutes.

  (Signature of candidate)         (Date)  

Willful failure to file this form is a violation of ss. 106.19(1)(c) and 106.25(3), F.S.

(2) The execution and filing of the statement of candidate does not in and of itself create a presumption that any violation of this chapter or chapter 104 is a willful violation.
History.—s. 26, ch. 90-315; s. 638, ch. 95-147; s. 15, ch. 2004-252; s. 15, ch. 2008-4; s. 55, ch. 2011-40.

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Cases Citing Statute 106.023

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Krivanek v. Take Back Tampa Political Com., 625 So. 2d 840 (Fla. 1993).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1993 WL 380207

Elections until such opinions are amended or revoked. § 106.23, Fla. Stat. (1991). Moreover, although not binding
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Smith v. Crawford, 645 So. 2d 513 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994).

Cited 19 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 1994 WL 592242

review and approve it before it was released.[6] Section 106.23 does not require that the Secretary of State
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Palm Beach Cnty. Canvassing Bd. v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 11 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 2000 WL 1725434

Beach County Canvassing Board, pursuant to section 106.23, Florida Statutes (2000), sought an advisory
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League of Women Voters of Fla., Inc. v. Detzner, 354 F. Supp. 3d 1280 (N.D. Fla. 2018).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida

the opinion was sought ...") (quoting Fla. Stat. § 106.23(2). This argument is faulty for a host of reasons
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City of Jacksonville v. Cook, 765 So. 2d 289 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000).

Cited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2000 WL 1180231

...The two-term limitation shall apply to any full term which began in 1992 or thereafter. Appellee, who was initially appointed as clerk of the court in 1988, was subsequently elected later in 1988 and reelected in 1992 and 1996. In 1998, appellee presented his Statement of Candidate as required by section 106.023, Florida Statutes, to the supervisor of elections for Duval County....
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Touchston v. Mcdermott, 234 F.3d 1133 (11th Cir. 2000).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

(2000). 54 Pursuant to section 106.23(2),42 the Division of Elections, a division
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Wilma Sullivan & John Sullivan v. Div. of Elections, State of Florida, Dep't of State, 718 F.2d 363 (11th Cir. 1983).

Cited 1 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15866

requested an advisory opinion pursuant to Fla.Stat. § 106.23(2) (1979), “about the Deputy Supervisor of Elections
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Gonzalez v. Vogel, 616 So. 2d 473 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1993 WL 33806

appeal, which we have agreed to expedite. [2] See § 106.23(2), Fla. Stat. (1991). [3] Assuming the trial
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Kelvin Leon Jones v. Governor of Florida (11th Cir. 2020).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

id. at 1206–07, 1214–16, 1315. See Fla. Stat. § 106.23(2) (setting forth the advisory opinion process)
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Kelvin Leon Jones v. Governor of Florida (11th Cir. 2020).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

id. at 1206–07, 1214–16, 1315. See Fla. Stat. § 106.23(2) (setting forth the advisory opinion process)
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WFSH of Niceville v. City of Niceville, 422 So. 2d 980 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 21620

not acted unreasonably and denied the motion. Section 106.23(2) provides: The Division of Elections shall
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2000).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

authority granted to the division by Florida law. Section 106.23(2), Florida Statutes, provides the division
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 1977).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

courts or the time for such appeal has expired. Section 106.23(2), F. S., as amended by Ch. 76-233, Laws of
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Sidney F. Dinerstein v. Susan Bucher, Supv. Of Elections (Fla. 4th DCA 2020).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...Because the Division of Elections is not a party, the plaintiff suggests the Division’s interpretation of section 106.113 is irrelevant. The Division has the authority to render advisory opinions upon request by specified government officers concerning campaign finance law. See § 106.023, Fla....
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Robert C. Touchston v. Michael McDermott, 234 F.3d 1133 (11th Cir. 2000).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2000 WL 1781942

laws.”41 Fla. Stat. § 97.012(1). Pursuant to section 106.23(2),42 the Division of Elections, a division
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Miller v. Mendez, 804 So. 2d 1243 (Fla. 2001).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 829, 2001 Fla. LEXIS 2309, 2001 WL 1628487

are binding upon any person who seeks them. See § 106.23(2), Fla. Stat. (1999). Although an advisory opinion
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Sullivan v. Div. of Elections, 413 So. 2d 109 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19827

Elections, Department of State, in accordance with section 106.23(2), Florida Statutes (1981). We have examined

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