The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . I disagree with the conclusion my colleagues draw from their plain reading of section 101.252(1), although . . . The operative section we are called upon to construe-section 101.252(l)-first said that unopposed candidates . . . See § 101.252(2), a parallel provision for the election of party executives, which is similarly directed . . . See § 101.252(2), Fla.Stat. (1979). . § 102.111(1), Fla.Stat. (1979). . . . . -lll(3)(a) must be read in conjunction with section 101.252(1), Florida Statutes (1979), which states . . . Respondent’s position ignores the unambiguous terms of section 101.252(1), Florida Statutes (1979): Any . . . There seems little justification for giving the nominating provision of section 101.252(1) effect in . . . Second, if any meaning is to be given to the central import of section 101.252(1), i. e. unopposed, one . . . Thus, the secretary of state would certify an unopposed candidate, nominated by the section 101.252(1 . . .
. . . However, Section 101.252, Florida Statutes, states that when only one candidate of a political party . . .
. . . Crawford, 116 So. 45 (Fla.1928)) to present § 101.252 in 1953, the Secretary is vested with the responsibility . . .