DS-DE 25
DS-DE 25 (Rev. 5/11) Rule 1S-2.0001, F.A.C.
CANDIDATE OATH –
NONPARTISAN OFFICE
(Not for use by Judicial or
School Board Candidates)
OFFICE USE ONLY
OATH OF CANDIDATE
(Section 99.021, Florida Statutes)
I,
(PLEASE PRINT NAME AS YOU WISH IT TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT * -- NAME MAY NOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE END OF QUALIFYING)
am a candidate for the nonpartisan office of , N/A,
(office) (district #) (district #)
N/A , ; I am a qualified elector of County, Florida;
(circuit #) (group or seat #)
I am a qualified elector of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, residing within the City at least one year before qualifying for City of Miami Beach
elected office, with my legal residence being: ________________________________, Miami Beach, Florida. I am qualified under the ordinances
and Charter of said City and under the Constitution and the Laws of Florida to hold the office to which I desire to be nominated or elected; I have
qualified for no other public office in the state, the term of which office or any part thereof runs concurrent with the office I seek; and I have
resigned from any office from which I am required to resign pursuant to Section 99.012, Florida Statutes; and I will support the Constitution of
the United States and the Constitution of the State of Florida.
X
( )
Signature of Candidate Telephone Number Email Address
Address City State ZIP Code
Candidate’s Florida Voter Registration Number (located on your voter information card): ________________________
* Please print name phonetically on the line below as you wish it to be pronounced on the audio ballot for persons
with disabilities (see instructions on page 2 of this form):
__________________________________________________________________________________
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ________________
Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me this _______ day of ___________________, 20_____.
Personally Known: __________ or
Produced Identification: ________
Type of Identification Produced: _______________________________
_______________________________________________
Signature of Notary Public
Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public
INSTRUCTIONS: INSERTING PHONETIC SPELLING OF CANDIDATE’S NAME FOR AUDIO
BALLOT
Use the PRONUNCIATION KEY below to provide pronunciations for ambiguous first names and surnames.
Capitalize STRESSED syllables, use lower case for unstressed syllables. Use dashes (-) to separate syllables.
You should also add any notes such as rhyming examples, silent letters, etc.
Samples:
PRONUNCIATION KEY
Stressed Vowel Sounds
EE (FEET) feet
I (FIT) fit
E (BED) bed
A (KAT) cat (KAD) cad
AH (FAH-thur) father
(PAHR) par
AH (HAHT) hot (TAH-
dee) toddy
UH (FUHJ) fudge
(FLUHD) flood
UH (CHUHRCH) church
AW (FAWN) fawn
U (FUL) full
OO (FOOD) food
OU (FOUND) found
O (FO) foe
EI (FEIT) fight
AI (FAIT) fate
OI (FOIL) foil
YOO (FYOOR-ee-uhs)
furious
Unstressed Vowel Sounds
uh (SO-fuh) sofa (FING-
guhr) finger
Certain Vowel Sounds with R
AHR (PAHR) par
ER (PER) pair
IR (PIR) peer
OR (POR) pour
OOR (POOR) poor
UHR (PUHR) purr
Consonant Sounds
B (BED) bed TS (ITS) its (PITS-feeld) Pittsfield
D (DET) debt TH (THEI) Thigh
F (FED) fed TH (THEI) Thy
G (GET) get ZH (A-zhuhr) azure (VI-zhuhn) vision
H (HED) head Z (GOODZ) goods (HUH-buhz-tuhn) Hubbardston
HW (HWICH) which
J (JUHG) jug
K (KAD) cad
L (LAIM) lame
M (MAT) mat
N (NET) net
NG (SING-uhr) singer
P (PET) pet
R (RED) red
S (SET) set
T (TEN) ten
V (VET) vet
Y (YET) yet
W (WICH) witch
CH (CHUCRCH) church
SH (SHEEP) sheep
NOTE: This page should not be submitted to the filing officer.
Page 2, DS-DE 25 (Rev. 5/11) Rule 1S-2.0001, F.A.C.
NAME ON BALLOT PRONOUNCED AS
Mishaud mee-SHO (‘d’ is silent)
Jahn HAHN (rhyme: fawn)
Beauprez boo-PRAI (rhyme: hooray)
Maniscalco man-uh-SKAL-ko
Tangipahoa TAN-ji-pah-HO-uh
Monte Mahn-TAI
Tanya TAWN-yuh (not TAN)