SC07-2074 – Sarasota Alliance For Fair Elections, Inc., Etc., Et Al. v. Kurt S. Browning, Etc., Et Al.

State: Florida

Docket No: SC07-2074

Case Date: 02/11/2010

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____________ No. SC07-2074 ____________ SARASOTA ALLIANCE FOR FAIR ELECTIONS, INC., etc., et al., Petitioners, vs. KURT S. BROWNING, etc., et al., Respondents. [February 11, 2010] QUINCE, C.J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Browning v. Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections, Inc., 968 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 2d 2007). In its decision the district court ruled upon the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance: IS THE LEGISLATIVE SCHEME OF THE FLORIDA ELECTION CODE SUFFICIENTLY PERVASIVE, AND ARE THE PUBLIC POLICY REASONS SUFFICIENTLY STRONG, TO FIND THAT THE FIELD OF ELECTIONS LAW HAS BEEN PREEMPTED, PRECLUDING LOCAL LAWS REGARDING THE COUNTING, RECOUNTING, AUDITING, CANVASSING, AND CERTIFICATION OF VOTES?

Id. at 654. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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