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Appointment of Member and Two Alternates to 2026 Canvassing Board
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
Supervisor of Elections Denise LaVancher is requesting appointments from the Board of County Commissioners to the Canvassing Board for the 2026 election cycle. The law changed in the 2024 Legislative Session to require the appointment of the member representative and two alternates (formerly just one) for the Board of County Commissioners. Additionally, any alternate may now serve in any seat of the Canvassing Board.
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LEGAL NOTE
The Board is authorized to act in this matter pursuant to ?102.141, Fl. Stat., pasted below:
(1) The county canvassing board shall be composed of the supervisor of elections; a county court judge, who shall act as chair; and the chair of the board of county commissioners. Alternate canvassing board members must be appointed pursuant to paragraph (e). In the event any member of the county canvassing board is unable to serve, is a candidate who has opposition in the election being canvassed, or is an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate who has opposition in the election being canvassed, such member shall be replaced as follows:
(a) If no county court judge is able to serve or if all are disqualified, the chief judge of the judicial circuit in which the county is located shall appoint as a substitute member a qualified elector of the county who is not a candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed and who is not an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed. In such event, the members of the county canvassing board shall meet and elect a chair.
(b) If the supervisor of elections is unable to serve or is disqualified, the chair of the board of county commissioners shall appoint as a substitute member a member of the board of county commissioners who is not a candidate with op...
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