DEANDRE PERRY, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Sarasota Alliance FOR Fair Elections, Inc. v. Browning, 28 So. 3d 880 (Fla. 2010)
  …County Commission could follow the additional standards of section 6.2A of the amendment without being in conflict with the minimum statutory requirements established by the Legislature. See Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of St. Pete Beach, 940 So. 2d 1144, 1150 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (“Rather than conflicting with the statutory framework, the proposed City charter amendments complement it....”). Accordingly, we find no conflict between section 6.2A of the SAFE Amendment and the Florida Election Code. Ho…

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• Roberts v. Corrine Brown, 43 So. 3d 673 (Fla. 2010)
  …oceeding in circuit court.4 Circuit courts in Florida routinely address constitutional issues pre-election to determine whether a proposed amendment should go on the ballot. For example, in Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of St. Pete Beach, 940 So. 2d 1144, 1147 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (quoting W. Palm Beach Ass’n of Firefighters, Local Union 727 v. Bd. of City Comm’rs, 448 So. 2d 1212, 1214 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984)), the Second District noted that “[i]f the opponent of a proposed amendment ‘in good faith quest…
• Fla. Sec'y of State Kurt S. Browning v. Sarasota Alliance FOR Fair Elections, Inc., 968 So. 2d 637 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)
  …declaration of its constitutionality. In view of “the premise that ‘all political power is inherent in the people and that we must, if possible, interpret the amendment as constitutional,’ ” Citizens For Responsible Growth v. City of St. Pete Beach, 940 So. 2d 1144, 1146 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (quoting Charlotte County Board of County Comm’rs v. Taylor, 650 So. 2d 146, 148 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)), the issue presented to the trial court was very simply whether any part of the proposed amendment was constitutional. If a…

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Authorities Cited

• Meriweather v. State, 740 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999)