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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 101
Voting Methods And Procedure
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Section 101.251, Florida Statutes 2000

101.251  Information which supervisor of elections must print on ballots.--

(1)  The supervisor of elections of each county shall print, on the general election ballots to be used in such county, the names of candidates nominated by primary election or special primary elections or selected by the appropriate executive committee of any political party.

(2)  In addition to the names printed on the ballot as provided in subsection (1), the supervisor of elections of each county shall have printed on the general election ballot to be used in the county the names of the nonpartisan candidates who are entitled to have their names printed on the ballot, and minor party and candidates with no party affiliation who have obtained a position on the general election ballot in compliance with the requirements of this code.

(3)  In addition to the names printed on the ballot, a blank space shall be provided under each heading for an office for which a write-in candidate has qualified.

History.--s. 30, ch. 4328, 1895; s. 10, ch. 4537, 1897; GS 212; RGS 256; s. 1, ch. 9293, 1923; s. 1, ch. 12038, 1927; CGL 312; s. 1, ch. 14657, 1931; s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 5, ch. 25384, 1949; s. 5, ch. 26329, 1949; s. 3, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 6, ch. 57-166; s. 8, ch. 65-378; s. 5, ch. 67-386; s. 4, ch. 70-269; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 16, ch. 77-175; s. 8, ch. 81-105; s. 21, ch. 83-217; s. 16, ch. 99-318; s. 12, ch. 99-326.

Note.--Former ss. 99.10, 99.131.