Filed Date: May 12, 2020
Closed Date: Sept. 13, 2020
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NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker.
According to their summary as of 09/01/2020,
A trio of voters have asked a state court to order Florida officials to send mail-in ballots to all registered voters both for the state's Aug. 11 primary and the November general election. A retired police captain who helps the elderly, an Ocala minister and a Miami man confined to his home have banded together as lawsuit plaintiffs to take Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee and Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley to court. The goal is to make vote by mail the default choice for Florida’s 13.7 million registered voters. It does not appear that any major voting rights organizations are backing the lawsuit, which was filed by Miami attorney Harvey Sepler.
Summary Authors
Marie Edouard (3/26/2025)
Dodson, Charles W (Florida)
Sepler, Harvey J. (Florida)
Last updated Aug. 30, 2023, 1:27 p.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Florida
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Special Collection(s):
Healthy Elections COVID litigation tracker
Law Firm Antiracism Alliance (LFAA) project
Key Dates
Filing Date: May 12, 2020
Closing Date: Sept. 13, 2020
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
The Plaintiffs were a home-bound elderly man, a religious leader that worked with the elderly, and a retired law enforcement official that also worked with the elderly.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Florida Department of State, Florida Division of Elections, State
Christina White (Miami-Dade), County
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Case Details
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Outcome
Prevailing Party: Defendant
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Issues
General/Misc.:
Voting: