SECTION 101.6102. Mail ballot elections; limitations.
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1(1)(a) 2An election may be conducted by mail ballot if:
111. 12The election is a referendum election at which all or a portion of the qualified electors of one of the following subdivisions of government are the only electors eligible to vote:
43a. 44Counties;
45b. 46Cities;
47c. 48School districts covering no more than one county; or
57d. 58Special districts;
602. 61The governing body responsible for calling the election and the supervisor of elections responsible for the conduct of the election authorize the use of mail ballots for the election; and
913. 92The Secretary of State approves a written plan for the conduct of the election, which shall include a written timetable for the conduct of the election, submitted by the supervisor of elections.
124(b) 125In addition, an annexation referendum which includes only qualified electors of one county may also be voted on by mail ballot election.
147(2) 148The following elections may not be conducted by mail ballot:
158(a) 159An election at which any candidate is nominated, elected, retained, or recalled; or
172(b) 173An election held on the same date as another election, other than a mail ballot election, in which the qualified electors of that political subdivision are eligible to cast ballots.
203(3) 204The supervisor of elections shall be responsible for the conduct of any election held under ss. 220101.6101221-222101.6107223.
224(4) 225The costs of a mail ballot election shall be borne by the jurisdiction initiating the calling of the election, unless otherwise provided by law.
249(5) 250Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of a mail ballot election in a municipal annexation referendum requiring separate vote of the registered electors of the annexing municipality and of the area proposed to be annexed. If a mail ballot election is authorized for a municipal annexation referendum, the provisions of ss. 306101.6101307-308101.6107309shall control over any conflicting provisions of s. 317171.0413318.
History.-s. 1, ch. 87-364; s. 1, ch. 89-52; s. 27, ch. 89-338; s. 18, ch. 90-315.
