CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1709
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1709
By Representative Casey
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Alachua County School
3 Board; amending s. 1, ch. 95-466, Laws of
4 Florida; specifying an alternative method of
5 qualification for candidates for election to
6 the board; providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 95-466, Laws of
11 Florida, is amended to read:
12 Section 1. Members of the Alachua County School Board
13 shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis. However, except as
14 otherwise provided in this act, the provisions of law
15 regulating elections of school board members apply to
16 elections of Alachua County School Board members. Candidates
17 for election to the school board are specifically authorized
18 to qualify by means of the method prescribed in section
19 99.095, Florida Statutes.
20 (1) Each person seeking election to the Alachua County
21 School Board shall file qualification papers with the
22 supervisor of elections which do not contain any reference to
23 political party affiliation.
24 (2)(a) The name of an unopposed candidate for the
25 office of school board member shall not appear on any ballot,
26 and such candidate shall be deemed to have voted for himself
27 at the general election.
28 (b) If two candidates, neither of whom is a write-in
29 candidate, qualify in a school-board-member residence area,
30 the names of those candidates shall be placed on the ballot at
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1 (c) If more than two candidates, none of whom is a
2 write-in candidate, qualify in a school-board-member residence
3 area, the names of those candidates shall be placed on the
4 ballot at the first primary election. If any candidate for
5 such office receives a majority of the votes cast for such
6 office in the first primary election, the name of the
7 candidate who receives such majority shall not appear on any
8 other ballot unless a write-in candidate has qualified for
9 such office. An unopposed candidate shall be deemed to have
10 voted for himself at the general election. If no candidate
11 for such office receives a majority of the votes cast for such
12 office in the first primary election, the names of the two
13 candidates receiving the highest number of votes for such
14 office shall be placed on the general election ballot. If
15 more than two candidates receive an equal and highest number
16 of votes, the name of each candidate receiving an equal and
17 highest number of votes shall be placed on the general
18 election ballot. In any contest in which there is a tie for
19 second place and the candidate placing first did not receive a
20 majority of the votes cast for such office, the name of the
21 candidate placing first and the name of each candidate tying
22 for second shall be placed on the general election ballot.
23 (d) The candidate who receives the highest number of
24 votes cast for the office in the general election shall be
25 elected to such office. If the vote at the general election
26 results in a tie, the outcome shall be determined by lot.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
28 law.
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