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FL Supreme Court gives elections officials a deadline to respond to legal attack on primary ballot
FL Supreme Court gives elections officials a deadline to respond to legal attack on primary ballot initiativeThe Florida Supreme Court has given Secretary of State Laurel Lee until Tuesday to respond to a petition that could block enforcement of the proposed Amendment 3, which would replace the state’s party primaries with a “top two” or “jungle” primary.
The legal wrangling comes as the Nov. 3 elections draws near.
Republican House Speaker-designate Chris Sprowls and Democratic Sen. Janet Cruz are the public faces of a petition filed Tuesday asking the court to take a second look at the measure, which the justices OK’d for the Nov. 3 ballot in March.
Although Lee is the named plaintiff, the “All Voters Vote” campaign will seek to intercede in the case, according to spokesman Steve Vancore of VancoreJones Communications. The named plaintiff is Glenton Gilzean, CEO of the Central Florida Urban League.
Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2020/10/15/fl-supreme-court-gives-elections-officials-a-deadline-to-respond-to-legal-attack-on-primary-ballot-initiative/