RULE 8 - Endorsements

  1. The State Executive Committee may endorse, certify, screen, or recommend candidates in contested Republican primaries only upon unanimous approval of the Executive Board and the approval of 60% of the State Executive Committee at a meeting called for that purpose and at which a quorum is present.

  2. County Executive Committee may endorse, certify, screen, or recommend a Republican candidate in a contested Republican primary, or a registered Republican in a nonpartisan election (including judicial races where it is legally permissible), or a local Unitary Special/General Election, by either of the two following methods: (1) Upon the affirmative vote of not less than 60% of the County Executive Committee present and voting at a duly called meeting complying with notice requirements set forth below, provided that the number voting to endorse represents a majority of the full committee, or (2) upon the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of those present and voting at such meeting, provided that a quorum is present at the time the vote is taken. Each announced candidate shall be likewise notified that a vote on endorsement is to be taken and that he or she will be allowed to speak at such meeting in support of or opposition to any proposed endorsement, certification, or recommendation for an office for which he or she is a candidate.

  3. There shall be no less than ten days written notice to each member of the Executive Committee of any meeting at which the vote is to be taken. The written notice shall inform each member of the time, date, place of meeting, and that a vote will be taken to endorse, certify, screen or otherwise recommend one or more Republican candidates for nomination for election. A copy of the notice of the meeting shall be mailed by the County Chairman or other appropriate officer to: Republican Party of Florida, P.O. Box 311, Tallahassee, Florida, 32302.

  4. A County Republican Executive Committee may not endorse, certify, screen, or recommend a candidate in a contested election for a publicly elected position on a Republican Executive Committee. This provision does not preclude any Republican Executive Committee member from supporting in any manner his or her personal candidate of choice in a contested election for a publicly elected position on a Republican Executive Committee, provided he or she does not express that support with public reference to his or her title or office within the Republican Party of Florida.