America First Party of Florida

§1Ballot status

✎ Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

It is on Florida's own list of parties qualified for the 2026 election.¹ The state's class for it: minor political party.¹

The Division of Elections uses the abbreviation AMF for this party.¹

How a party qualifies in Florida

Any group organized to elect candidates can become a minor political party by filing with the Department of State a certificate with its name and officers, voter registration forms showing its officers and executive committee registered in the party, and a copy of its constitution, bylaws and rules.² Where in the source: § 103.095(1) The party's rules must give its registered members a right to take part in its affairs without paying, and must set out how it holds meetings, elects and removes officers, and makes nominations when the law requires.² Where in the source: § 103.095(2) No petition or vote threshold is needed to register; a party with fewer than 5 percent of all registered voters on January 1 before a primary is a minor political party.^2,3 Where in the source: § 97.021(21)

How a party keeps its status

Division of Elections rules govern canceling a party's registration, with notice and a chance to respond, for reasons such as having no registered voters, not reporting replacement officers, not filing campaign finance reports, not filing the required governing documents, or limited activity.² Where in the source: § 103.095(5) A canceled party can appeal to the Florida Elections Commission; the Division's party page lists four parties as disbanded or canceled.^1,2 Where in the source: § 103.095(5)(c)

§2How it picks nominees

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Primary election. Party candidates qualify with the state by paying the qualifying fee and any party assessment or by petition; if two or more of the same party's candidates qualify for an office they meet in that party's primary, and a lone qualified candidate is declared the nominee.^4,5,6

Florida's rules for nominating

Party nominees for federal, state and county offices are chosen in a primary held 11 weeks before the general election, where the candidate with the most votes wins.⁵ A candidate seeking a party's nomination must have been registered in that party for the 365 days before qualifying begins.⁷ Where in the source: § 99.021(1)(b) Minor party candidates qualify with the same officer and on the same schedule as other candidates, by fee or by petition.⁴ Only voters registered in a party may vote in its primary, except that all voters may vote when every candidate for an office is from the same party and the winner will have no general election opponent.^8,9 Where in the source: Const. art. VI, § 5(b)

§3Notes on Florida’s party research

What the research couldn’t find or confirm about Florida’s parties, in its own plain words. Nothing is left out silently.

• The Division of Elections' Political Parties page was last updated May 1, 2026. We found no later official list of registered parties, so parties registered or canceled after that date may be missing.
• Party names are given as the Division lists them, without the three-letter codes it adds after each name; the codes are in each party's notes.
• We did not find a 2026 example of a minor party primary; the nomination rule for minor parties is stated from the statutes, which apply the primary to candidates of any political party.