STATE OF FLORIDA, EX REL. BILL CHAPPELL, JR., PETITIONER,

v.

BOB MARTINEZ, ET AL., RESPONDENTS

Citator

Cited By

• Gore v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1243 (Fla. 2000)
  …• for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, the contesting candidate sought to exclude some 11,000 votes from being counted because the votes were not timely reported to the Secretary of State. See State ex rel. Chappell v. Martinez, 536 So. 2d 1007 (Fla. 1988). This Court, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice McDonald, refused to exclude the votes and held that the contesting candidate "has presented no compelling reason for disenfranchising the 11,000 residents of Flagler County who cas…
• Palm Beach Cnty. Canvassing Bd. v. Harris, 772 So. 2d 1220 (Fla. 2000)
  …rs from participating fully in the federal electoral process. The Secretary in the present case has made no claim that either of these conditions apply at this point in time. The above analysis is consistent with State ex rel. Chappell v. Martinez, 536 So. 2d 1007 (Fla.1988), wherein the Court addressed a comparable recount issue. There, the total votes cast for each of two candidates for a seat in the United States House of Representatives were separated by less than one-half of one percent; the county condu…

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• Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 1046 (U.S. 2000)
  …me Court gave weight to that legislative command. Its ruling was consistent with earlier Florida cases that have repeatedly described the interest in correctly ascertaining the will of the voters as paramount. See State ex rel. Chappell v. Martinez, 536 So. 2d 1007 (1988); Boardman v. Esteva, 323 So. 2d 259 (1975); McAlpin v. State ex rel. Avriett, 155 Fla. 33, 19 So. 2d 420 (1944); State ex rel. Peacock v. Latham, 125 Fla. 69, 71, 169 So. 597, 598 (1936); State ex rel. Carpenter v. Barber, 144 Fla. 159, 198 S…