JANUARY 8, 2003
First day for candidates seeking to qualify by the petitioning process for Mayor-Commissioner At Large and Commissioners for Wards 2 and 3 election to file an affidavit at the City Clerk’s Office stating his or her intent to qualify by utilizing this method. Candidates that utilize the petitioning process do not pay a qualifying fee. This affidavit is available at the City Clerk’s Office.
JANUARY 10, 2003
Campaign Treasurer’s Report of Contributions
and Expenditures must be filed with the City Clerk by 5:00 p.m.
This report covers the time period from October 1, 2002 to December
31, 2002. (Report Type Q 3)
FEBRUARY 9, 2003
During the 30 days prior to the beginning of
qualifying, which is March 11th, the Bay County Supervisor of Elections
shall
have the notice of the Election
published two times in a newspaper of general circulation in the
county. The 30 day time period starts
February 9, 2003 and ends March
10, 2003 (Florida Statutes 100.21)
FEBRUARY 18, 2003
Last day for candidates seeking to qualify by
the petitioning process to file an affidavit at
the City Clerk’s Office stating
his or her intent to qualify by utilizing this method. Candidates
that utilize the petitioning process
do not pay a qualifying fee. This
affidavit is available at the
City Clerk’s Office.
FEBRUARY 18, 2003
Prior to 12:00 Noon is the deadline for candidates
that use the alternative method of qualifying
by petition to submit petitions
for verification to the Bay County
Supervisor of Election’s Office located at 205 Mosley Drive, Lynn
Haven. The Bay County Supervisor
of Elections will notify the candidate
and the City Clerk whether
or not the candidate has obtained
a sufficient number of signatures
to have his or her name placed
on the ballot. Guidelines for petition
specific requirements shall be
provided to the Bay County Supervisor
of Election’s Office by the
City Clerk.
MARCH 11, 2003
First day to pay qualifying fee for the
office of Mayor-Commissioner At Large and
Commissioners for Wards 2 and 3. Qualifying fee for Mayor is $1042.50. The Mayor’s annual compensation is $17,375.04. The qualifying fee for Commissioner is $934.50. A Commissioner’s annual compensation is $15,575.04. Qualifying fee must be paid at the City Clerk’s Office.
PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF QUALIFYING FOR CANDIDATES WHO CHOOSE NOT TO PAY A QUALIFYING FEE AND/OR ELECTION ASSESSMENT FEE.
MARCH 14, 2003
Campaign Treasurer’s Report of Contributions
and Expenditures must be filed with the City Clerk by 5:00 p.m.
This report is required on the 32nd day prior to the first election.
(Report Type F1)
MARCH 17, 2003
Voter Registration Book closing for the Nominating
Primary Election will close on March 19th, which is the 29th day
before the Nominating
Primary Election
MARCH 18, 2003 Last day to pay qualifying fee to run as a candidate for Mayor-Commissioner
At Large and Commissioners for
Wards 2 and 3. Qualifying ends at 5:00 p.m. sharp! Qualifying fee
must be paid at the City Clerk’s
Office.
MARCH 19, 2003
Ballot names as submitted by oath for qualifying
shall be sent to the Bay County Supervisor of
Election’s Office for Ballot layout.
The City Clerk will approve Ballot layout and will specify the number
of ballots to be ordered.
MARCH 25, 2003
Absentee ballots available and all requested
ballots are mailed out from the Bay County Supervisor
of Election’s Office.
MARCH 28,
2003
Campaign Treasurer’s Report
of Contributions and Expenditures
must be filed with the City Clerk
by 5:00 p.m. This report must be
filed on the 18th day prior to
the first election. (Report Type
F2)
APRIL 4, 2003
The Bay County Supervisor of Election shall prepare
a list of
Pollworkers, Clerks, and Bailiffs
and inform all election workers
as to the required training time
and location. APRIL 4, 2003 Voter
Registration Book, book closing
for the Panama City General Election will close on April 2nd,
which is the 29th day before the
General Election.
APRIL 4, 2003
Notice of public testing of election
equipment that will be used in the Nominating Primary Election will be held at the Bay County Supervisor of Election’s Office located at 205 Mosley Drive beginning at 8:30 a.m. The Public is welcome. All candidates will be notified in writing by the Bay County Supervisor of Elections through certified mail as to the date and time.,(MUST BE AT LEAST 15 DAYS PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY) (NOTICE AND TIMES FOR PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE INCLUDED IN SAME NOTICE)
APRIL 8, 2003
Prior to 12:00 Noon is the candidate’s deadline for
designation of Poll watchers for the Nominating Primary Election.
Please submit your poll watchers list to the Bay County Supervisor
of Elections.
APRIL 10, 2003
Last day to receive campaign contributions prior
to Nominating Primary Election.
APRIL 10, 2003
Instruction for Poll Workers, Clerks, and Bailiffs
at the Bay County Supervisor of Election’s
Office located at 205 Mosley Drive
at 1:00 p.m. Clerks require 3 hours of training, Pollworkers require
2 hours of training, and bailiffs
require 1 hour of training.
APRIL
11, 2003
Campaign Treasurer’s
Report of Contributions and Expenditures
must be filed with City Clerk by
5:00 p.m. This report is required
to be filed on the 4th day prior
to the first election. (Report Type F3)
APRIL 11, 2003
Public testing of election equipment that will
be used in the Nominating Primary Election will
be held at the County Supervisor
of Election’s Office located at
205 Mosley Drive beginning at 8:30
a.m. The public is welcome. The candidates will be notified in
writing by the City Clerk through
certified mail as to the date and
time.
APRIL 15, 2003
NOMINATING
PRIMARY
ELECTION: Polls open at 7:00
a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. sharp.
APRIL 15, 2003
ABSENTEE BALLOTS for the Nominating Primary Election
must be returned to the Bay County Supervisor
of Election’s Office located at
205 Mosley Drive, by 7:00 p.m.
No exceptions for delivery to the
City Clerk or to City Hall. If
ballots are not in the Bay County
Supervisor of Election’s Office by 7:00 p.m. the Ballots will be recommended for rejection by the Canvassing Board.
APRIL 15, 2003
After 7:00 p.m., unofficial election results
will be announced by City Canvassing Board after all votes have
been tabulated at the Bay County Supervisor of Election’s Office.
APRIL 16, 2003
4:00 P.M., City Hall, Nominating Primary Election,
final voting tabulation results certified by the City Commission.
(IN THE EVENT
THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN NUMBER OF
VOTES RECEIVED BY THE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OR CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER
OF WARD II OR COMMISSIONER
FOR WARD III ARE SUCH AS TO CAUSE
A RECOUNT OR A MANUAL RECOUNT AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTES, THE
CITY COMMISSION WILL MEET TO
CERTIFY THE ELECTION RESULTS WHEN
THE CITY CANVASSING BOARD HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED RECOUNT OF
THE VOTES CAST.)
MAY 1, 2003
Last day to receive campaign contributions prior
to General Election.
MAY 2, 2003
Public
testing of election equipment that
will be used in the General Election
will be held at the Bay County
Supervisor of Election’s Office
located at 205 Mosley Drive. The
public is invited to attend. Public testing of the
equipment will start at 8:30 a.m.
at the Glenwood Community Center
located at 722 East 9th Court beginning at 8:30 a.m.
May 2, 2003 Campaign Treasurer’s Report of Contributions and Expenditures must
be filed with the City Clerk by
5:00 p.m. This report is required
to be filed on the 4th day prior
to the General Election. (Report
Type G3)
MAY 6, 2003
GENERAL ELECTION: Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close
at 7:00 p.m.
MAY 6, 2003
Absentee Ballots must be returned to the Bay County
Supervisor of Election’s Office by 7:00 p.m.
No exceptions for delivery to
the City Clerk or to City Hall.
If Ballots are not in the Supervisor
of Election’s Office before 7:00
p.m. the Ballots will be recommended
for rejection by the Canvassing
Board.
MAY 6, 2003
After 7:00 p.m., unofficial election results announced
by City Canvassing Board after
all votes have been tabulated at
the Supervisor of Election’s Office.
(IN THE EVENT THAT THE DIFFERENCE
IN NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED BY
THE CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OR CANDIDATES
FOR COMMISSIONER OF WARD II OR
COMMISSIONER FOR WARD III ARE
SUCH AS TO CAUSE A RECOUNT OR A
MANUAL RECOUNT AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA
STATUTES, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL
MEET TO CERTIFY THE ELECTION RESULTS
WHEN THE CITY CANVASSING BOARD
HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED RECOUNT
OF THE VOTES CAST.)
MAY 7, 2003
4:00 p.m., City Hall, General Election
final vote tabulation results certified
by the City Commission.
MAY 9, 2003
12:00 Noon, City Hall, inauguration
ceremony held for Mayor-Commissioner
At Large, Commissioners of Ward
II and WARD III.
AUGUST 4, 2003
Final Campaign Treasurer’s Report
of Contributions and Expenditures
must be filed with the City Clerk.
(Report Type TR)
Alternative Method of Qualifying:
Qualifying by Petition
Florida Statutes 99.095
(1) A person seeking to qualify for nomination
to any office may qualify to have
his or her name placed on the ballot for the first
primary election by means of the
petitioning process prescribed
in this section. A person qualifying
by this alternative method shall
not be required to pay the
qualifying fee or party assessment
required by this chapter. A person
using this petitioning process
shall file an oath with the
officer before whom the candidate
would qualify for the office stating
that he or she intends to
qualify by this alternative method
for the office sought. If the
person is running for an office
which will be grouped on the ballot
with two or more similar offices
to be filled at the same election,
the candidate must indicate
in his or her oath for which
group or district office he or
she is running. The oath shall
be filed at any time after the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in January of the year in which the first
primary is held, but prior
to the 21st day preceding the
first day of the qualifying period
for the office sought. The Department
of State shall prescribe the
form to be used in administering
and filing such oath. No signatures shall be obtained by a candidate
on any nominating
petition until
the candidate has filed
the oath required in this section.
If the person is running for
an office which will be grouped
on the ballot with two
or more similar offices to be filled
at the same election and
the petition does not indicate the
group or district office
for which the person is running,
the signatures obtained
on such petition will not be counted.
(2) Upon receipt of a written
oath from a candidate,
the qualifying officer shall provide
the candidate with petition forms in
sufficient numbers to facilitate
the gathering of signatures pursuant to
this section.
Such forms shall be prescribed
by the Department of State.
(3) When a candidate has filed
the oath prescribed in
subsection (1), the candidate may
begin to seek signatures on petitions
supporting his or her candidacy.
Only signatures of electors
who are registered in the county,
district, or other geographical
entity represented by the
office sought shall be counted toward
obtaining the minimum numbers
of signatures prescribed
in this subsection.
A candidate for an office
elected statewide shall obtain the signatures
of a number of qualified
electors equal to at least 1 percent of
the total number of registered
electors of Florida, as shown by the compilation
by the Department of State
for the last preceding general election.
A candidate for any federal,
state, county, or district
office to be elected on less than a
statewide basis shall obtain
the signatures of a number
of qualified electors of the district,
county, or other geographical
entity equal to at least
1 percent of the total number of registered
voters of the district,
county, or other geographical entity
represented by the office
sought, as shown by the compilation by the Department
of State for the last preceding
general election. A separate
petition shall be circulated
for each candidate availing
himself or herself of the provisions
of this section.
(4)(a) Each candidate for
nomination to federal, state,
or multicounty district office
shall submit his or her petition
prior to noon of the 21st day
preceding the first day of the qualifying period for the office sought,
to
the supervisor
of elections of the county for which the petition is circulated.
Each supervisor of elections
to whom a petition is submitted
shall check the signatures
on the petition to verify their status as electors of the county, district,
or
other
geographical entity represented by the office being sought by the
candidate. Prior to the first
date for qualifying, the supervisor
shall certify
the
number shown as registered electors of such county, district, or other
geographical entity and submit
such certification to the Department
of State. The
Department of State shall determine whether the required number of signatures
has
been
obtained for the name of the candidate to be placed on the ballot
and shall notify the
candidate. If the required number of signatures has been obtained,
the candidate shall, during
the time prescribed for qualifying
for office, submit
a copy
of the notice to, and file his or her qualifying papers and oath
prescribed by s.
99.021 with, the Department of State. Upon receipt of the copy of
the notice and the qualifying
papers, the department shall
certify the name of
the
candidate to the appropriate supervisor or supervisors of elections as
having qualified
for the office sought.
(b) Each candidate for nomination
to a county office, or district
office not covered by paragraph
(a), shall submit his or her
petition, prior
to noon of
the 21st day preceding the first day of the qualifying period for
the office sought, to the supervisor
of elections of the county
for which the petition
was circulated. The supervisor shall check the signatures on the
petition to verify
their status as electors of the county, district, or other geographical
entity represented by the office being sought. Prior to the first date
for qualifying,
the supervisor shall determine whether the required number of signatures
has been obtained for the name of the candidate to be placed on the ballot
and shall notify the candidate. If the required number of signatures
has been obtained,
the candidate shall, during the time prescribed for qualifying for
office, submit
a copy of the notice and file his or her qualifying papers and oath
prescribed by s. 99.021 with the supervisor of elections. Upon receipt
of the copy
of the notice and the qualifying papers by the supervisor of elections,
the candidate
is entitled to have his or her name printed on the ballot.
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