Bankr. M.D. Fla. Local Rule 3018-1 — Ballots – Voting on Plans

High confidence· verified September 26, 2026Local Rules

Summary

Bankr. M.D. Fla. Local Rule 3018-1 — Ballots – Voting on Plans: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA (WITH AMENDMENTS EFFECTIVE AUGUST 15, 2025), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida alongside the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and any judge-specific procedures.

Requirement

(a) Form of Ballot. The form of ballot distributed to creditors shall include both the Court’s physical address and information regarding the Chapter 11 eBallot hyperlink on the Court’s website, www.flmb.uscourts.gov, and shall state that ballots must be received by the Clerk no later than the deadline established by order of the Court. (b) Filing of Ballots. Ballots may be filed in paper with the Court or may be electronically filed with the Clerk’s Office via the Chapter 11 eBallot hyperlink on the Court’s website, www.flmb.uscourts.gov. A report of all ballots filed may be viewed in CM/ECF. (c) Late-Filed Ballots. Any ballot received after the last day to file ballots shall be considered as a late-filed ballot, and its acceptance shall be left to the discretion of the judge. (d) Ballot Tabulation. The attorney for the proponent of the Chapter 11 plan shall prepare a tabulation of the acceptances and rejections of the plan. The ballot tabulation shall be filed no later than two days prior to the confirmation hearing. The tabulation shall be in the form available on the Court’s website, www.flmb.uscourts.gov, and shall list the following for each class: total number of claims voting; total number of claims accepting; total dollar amount of claims voting; total dollar amount of claims accepting; percentage of claims voting that accept the plan; and percentage of dollar amount of claims voting that accept the plan. The ballot tabulation shall also indicate, for each class, whether the class is impaired or unimpaired, and whether the requisite vote has been attained. (e) Rules Governing Ballot Tabulation. In tabulating the ballots, the following rules shall govern: (1) Although CM/ECF creates a ballot report, it may include late-filed or otherwise invalid ballots. The responsibility for independently reviewing and tabulating acceptances and rejections for the plan remains with the attorney for the plan proponent. (2) Ballots that are not signed, or where a company name is not shown on the signature line (when applicable), will not be counted either as an acceptance or as a rejection. (3) If the amount of the creditor’s claim shown on the ballot differs from the debtor’s schedules and a proof of claim has been filed, unless an objection to the amount set forth on the proof of claim has been filed, the amount shown on the proof of claim will be used to determine the amount voting. If no proof of claim has been filed, the amount of the claim on the schedules will be used. (4) If an objection to a proof of claim has been filed, absent Court order to the contrary, the ballot filed by the claimant shall not be counted as either an acceptance or a rejection, but information regarding the ballot shall be included on the ballot tabulation. (5) Ballots that do not show a choice of either acceptance or rejection will not be counted either as an acceptance or as a rejection. (6) Ballots filed after the last date set for filing for ballots will not be counted either as an acceptance or as a rejection, unless leave of Court is granted. (7) If duplicate ballots are filed, with one electing acceptance and the other electing rejection, neither ballot will be counted unless the later ballot is designated as amending the prior one.

Source of truth

(a) Form of Ballot. The form of ballot distributed to creditors shall include both the Court’s physical address and information regarding the Chapter 11 eBallot hyperlink on the Court’s website, www.flmb.uscourts.gov, and shall state that ballots must be received by the Clerk no

Official source: Bankr. M.D. Fla. — Middle District of Florida (U.S. Bankruptcy Court)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 3, 2026
Effective date: August 15, 2025
Last verified: September 26, 2026benchpath-appfed-flrules-2026-09-26

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