Florida Incumbent Legislator Kept Off Ballot For Failing to Submit a Campaign Finance Form

On July 8, a Florida state trial court issued an opinion in Stark v Byrd, Circuit Court, 2nd district, Leon County, 2026CA-1311. This is the case over whether Paula Stark, an incumbent Republican member of the Florida legislature, should be on the Republican primary ballot. The judge ruled that she should not be on the ballot because she didn’t submit one particular campaign finance form. She alleged that her campaign treasurer had turned in the form and that the election office employee had handed it back. But the judge did not believe this claim, and thought it most likely that the campaign treasurer had not handed it in.

Stark can’t be a write-in candidate in November because it is already too late to file as a declared write-in candidate in Florida. Florida has the earliest deadline for filing as a write-in candidate in the nation. It somewhat defeats the purpose of having write-in space on the general election ballot for the deadline to be so early. As a result, no Republican will be on the general election ballot, and the Democratic nominee will be the automatic winner.


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Florida Incumbent Legislator Kept Off Ballot For Failing to Submit a Campaign Finance Form — 6 Comments

  1. What is more retarded – the garbage in, garbage output of AZ SPAMBOT + FAKE NEWS, or A1den James?

  2. Another AZ on July 10, 2026 at 8:40 am said:

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    A third AZ on July 10, 2026 at 8:41 am said:

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