§ 10.02. General.

(a)

Elections. An election or elections for the choosing of city commissioners shall be held each year as may be prescribed by ordinance at which the qualified electors of the city shall choose, as may be provided by ordinance, persons to fill all city offices required to be filled by election.

(b)

Qualifications.

(c)

Absentee voting. Absentee voting and voters may be regulated and provided for by ordinance and in the event the city commission makes no provision for same by ordinance then there shall be no absentee voting regardless of any general laws of the State of Florida to the contrary.

(d)

Election districts. The city commission may by ordinance divide the city into more than one election district, prescribe the boundaries thereof and the polling places therein and may alter or change the same or create new districts.

(e)

Holding elections, procedures. The city commission may prescribe by ordinance the kind of, number of, the time and method and manner of holding all elections and when, where, what, if and how, primary, general, special, and other elections are to be conducted and for the holding of all such elections and for all matters and procedures relating to voting and registration.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 65-2151, §§ 2, 3; Laws of Fla. ch. 67-1964, § 1)

Editor's note

Section 10.02(b) has been editorially deleted as superseded by F.S. §§ 166.032, 97.041, 98.041(3). Section 10.02 is partially superseded by the court order in Palmer v. Quincy City Commission, Case No. 73-210 (N.D. Fla., 2-6-75), mandating the election of city commissioners by districts.