"If ... a political party has only one presidential candidate, neither the name of the candidate nor the names of the candidate's delegates shall be printed on the ballot." [Florida Statute 103.101, paragraph 4]

Participation in Florida's delegate selection process is open to all voters who are registered Democrats.

Tuesday 15 March 2016: Florida Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p EDT (1100-2300 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in CDT and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated EDT. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 13 April 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

Tuesday 15 March 2016 - Primary. 214 of 246 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of today's Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

• 140 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 27 congressional districts.
• 74 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
  • 46 at-large National Convention delegates.
  • 28 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 13 April 2016.

Saturday 7 May 2016: Post primary Congressional District Caucuses meet to elect National Convention Congressional District delegates according to the results of the primary.

Saturday 21 May - Sunday 22 May 2016 (presumably): State Convention.

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by a quorum of National Convention District Level delegates according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 32 National Convention delegates consist of

• 32 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 20 Democratic National Committee members.
• 11 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 10 Representatives).
• 0 Governors.
• 1 Distinguished Party Leader (former DNC Chairman Kenneth Curtis).

These 32 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

On 4 March 2013, Representative Kevin Rader (Democratic) introduced HB 1349. The bill changes the date of the Presidential primary from the "date selected by the Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee" to the 2nd Tuesday in March [8 March 2016].

The Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee has until 1 October 2015 to set the date of the 2016 Presidential Primary. That date is to be no earlier than the 1st Tuesday in January (5 January 2016) and no later than the 1st Tuesday in March (1 March 2016).

On 3 May 2013, HB 7013 was passed by the state Senate (27-13) and state House (115-1).

The presidential preference primary shall be held ... on the first Tuesday that the rules of the major political parties provide for state delegations to be allocated without penalty. Any party rule directing the vote of delegates at a national nominating convention shall reasonably reflect the results of the presidential preference primary, if one is held. [reference]

HB 7035 / SB 7036, submitted for consideration by Ethics and Elections on 26 February 2015 and signed into law on 19 March 2015 by Governor Rick Scott (Republican), moves the state's Presidential Primary to the 3rd Tuesday in March (15 March 2016).