§ 138.07, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 138. COUNTY SEATS
Second election when no place receives majority vote.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
Should three or more places be put forward and voted for as the county seat of any county in this state, and the county commissioners of such county find that upon the canvass of the said election, as provided for in s. 138.06, that any of such places have received a majority of all the votes cast at said election, the place receiving such a majority shall be declared the county seat as aforesaid, but should the county commissioners find that no place has received a majority of all the votes cast in said election, they shall proceed at once without a petition to call a second election to be held within 30 days of the first election, and in the same manner and places as prescribed for the first election.
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History
s. 7, ch. 6239, 1911; RGS 1584; CGL 2432.
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