For the 2026 Primary Election, per Florida Statutes Section 102.141, the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners shall serve on the County Canvassing Board and an alternate canvassing board member should be appointed. In the event the Chair is unable to serve, the Board of County Commissioners must appoint as a substitute member one of its members. When none of the Board of County Commissioners are able to serve as a substitute member or as an alternate member, the Chief Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit must appoint a substitute member and the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint an alternate member.

As none of the members of the Board of County Commissioners are able to serve as a substitute member or an alternate member, per Florida Statutes a request will need to be made to the Chief Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit to appoint a substitute to serve on the Canvassing Board while the Chair of Board of County Commissioners shall appoint an alternate member.

Judge Timothy R. Collins has agreed to serve as a substitute member

Kurt Musser has agreed to serve as an alternate member

102.141 County canvassing board; duties.—

(1) The county canvassing board shall be composed of the supervisor of elections; a county court judge, who shall act as chair; and the chair of the board of county commissioners. The names of the canvassing board members must be published on the supervisor’s website upon completion of the logic and accuracy test. At least two alternate canvassing board members must be appointed pursuant to paragraph (e). In the event any member of the county canvassing board is unable to serve, is a candidate who has opposition in the election being canvassed, or is an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate who has opposition in the election being canvassed, such member shall be replaced as follows:

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(c) If the chair of the board of county commissioners is unable to serve or is disqualified, the board of county commissioners must appoint as a substitute member one of its members who is not a candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed and who is not an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed.

(d) If a substitute member or alternate member cannot be appointed as provided elsewhere in this subsection, or in the event of a vacancy in such office, the chief judge of the judicial circuit in which the county is located must appoint as a substitute member or alternate member a qualified elector of the county who is not a candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed and who is not an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with opposition in the election being canvassed.

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2. The chair of the board of county commissioners shall appoint a member of the board of county commissioners as an alternate member of the county canvassing board or, if each member of the board of county commissioners is unable to serve or is disqualified, shall appoint an alternate member who is qualified to serve as a substitute member under paragraph (d).