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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title IX
ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 99
CANDIDATES
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F.S. 99.0955
99.0955 Candidates with no party affiliation; name on general election ballot.
(1) Each person seeking to qualify for election as a candidate with no party affiliation shall file his or her qualifying papers and pay the qualifying fee or qualify by the petition process pursuant to s. 99.095 with the officer and during the times and under the circumstances prescribed in s. 99.061. Upon qualifying, the candidate is entitled to have his or her name placed on the general election ballot.
(2) The qualifying fee for candidates with no party affiliation shall consist of a filing fee and an election assessment as prescribed in s. 99.092. Filing fees paid to the Department of State shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund of the state. Filing fees paid to the supervisor of elections shall be deposited into the general revenue fund of the county.
History.s. 6, ch. 70-269; s. 1, ch. 70-439; s. 3, ch. 74-119; s. 7, ch. 77-175; s. 2, ch. 78-188; s. 11, ch. 89-338; s. 10, ch. 90-315; s. 540, ch. 95-147; s. 13, ch. 95-280; s. 4, ch. 99-140; s. 2, ch. 99-318; s. 15, ch. 2005-277.
Note.Former s. 99.152.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 99.0955
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ORANGE COUNTY, v. SINGH,, 268 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2019)

. . . . § 99.0955, Fla. Stat. (2018) ; § 99.096, Fla. Stat. (2018) ; § 99.061(4)(b), Fla. Stat. (2018). . . .

Dr. B. FULANI, v. KRIVANEK,, 973 F.2d 1539 (11th Cir. 1992)

. . . . §§ 99.0955 & 99.096, and petitions submitted by organizations seeking to place initiatives on the ballot . . . See Fla.Stat. § 99.0955. .In fact, the Libertarian Party mistakenly believed that minor-party candidates . . .

DUKE, J. H. Jr. S. J. v. SMITH, T. K. M., 784 F. Supp. 865 (S.D. Fla. 1992)

. . . Plaintiffs simply can register as “independent candidates for office,” pursuant to § 99.0955, Florida . . .

L. M. CROMER, Jr. A. N. B. Jr. C. W. P. R. G. L. A. v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, P. L. M. CROMER, Jr. A. N. B. Jr. C. W. P. R. G. L. A. v. P. CINNAMON,, 917 F.2d 819 (4th Cir. 1990)

. . . . §§ 99.061, 99.0955 (West 1979 & Supp. 1989); Ga.Code Ann. §§ 21-2-132(c), (d), 21-2-150(a) (1987 & . . . 17-16-6 (1987 & Supp.1990); Ark.Stat.Ann. § 7-7-103(b) (1987 & Supp.1989); Fla.Stat.Ann. §§ 99.061, 99.0955 . . .

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF FLORIDA, Ed v. STATE OF FLORIDA,, 710 F.2d 790 (11th Cir. 1983)

. . . . § 99.0955 (West 1982). . . . Fla.Stat.Ann. § 99.0955(2) (West 1982). . . .

B. ANDERSON, J. G. A. v. FIRESTONE, W., 499 F. Supp. 1027 (N.D. Fla. 1980)

. . . The defendants have chosen to interpret § 99.0955, Florida Statutes as requiring a specific name for . . . Sections 103.111, 103.021(2) and (3), Florida Statutes, and Defendants’ prior interpretation of Section 99.0955 . . .