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Congressional District Requirements
(required signatures for the 2014 and 2016 General Election Ballot)

Petitions must be signed by a number of electors in each of one half of the Congressional Districts of the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to eight percent of the votes cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding election in which Presidential electors were chosen. For the 2014 and 2016 General Election Ballot, 683,149 signatures are required.

In order to comply with sections 15.21 and 16.061, Florida Statutes, you will need to collect and have verified at 68,314 signatures obtained from voters residing in at least 7 Congressional Districts in Florida.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS	ACTUAL TOTAL VOTING	8% REQUIRED BY ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 FLORIDA CONSTITUTION	10% of 8% REQUIRED BY ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3 FLORIDA CONSTITUTION
FIRST	356,435	28,515	2,851
SECOND	343,558	27,485	2,748
THIRD	329,165	26,333	2,633
FOURTH	351,564	28,125	2,813
FIFTH	279,598	22,368	2,237
SIXTH	363,402	29,072	2,907
SEVENTH	333,990	26,719	2,672
EIGHTH	365,738	29,259	2,926
NINTH	277,101	22,168	2,217
TENTH	329,366	26,349	2,635
ELEVENTH	359,004	28,720	2,872
TWELFTH	345,407	27,633	2,763
THIRTEENTH	344,500	27,560	2,756
FOURTEENTH	295,917	23,673	2,367
FIFTEENTH	304,932	24,395	2,439
SIXTEENTH	360,734	28,859	2,886
SEVENTEENTH	299,464	23,957	2,396
EIGHTEENTH	345,399	27,632	2,763
NINETEENTH	323,317	25,865	2,587
TWENTIETH	264,721	21,178	2,118
TWENTY-FIRST	326,392	26,111	2,611
TWENTY-SECOND	329,816	26,385	2,639
TWENTY-THIRD	290,042	23,203	2,320
TWENTY-FOURTH	263,367	21,069	2,107
TWENTY-FIFTH	240,521	19,242	1,924
TWENTY-SIXTH	268,898	21,512	2,151
TWENTY-SEVENTH	247,023	19,762	1,976
TOTAL	8,539,371	683,149	68,314