JOSE N. VAZQUEZ FIGUEROA
v.
HON. DANIEL D. RAULERSON, IN HIS CAPACITY ETC.
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Courts have no jurisdiction after an election to determine an individual's right to hold office.
[1] Courts lack jurisdiction to entertain challenges to a candidate's qualifications to hold office after an election has been held.
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Rule stated in McPherson v. Flynn regarding jurisdictional bar to post-election qualification challenges
Jose N. Vazquez Figueroa, a defeated candidate, sought to challenge his opponent Daniel D. Raulerson's qualifications for office based on alleged defe…
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July 9, 2018 PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See McPherson v. Flynn, 397 So. 2d 665, 667-68 (Fla. 1981) (holding courts have no jurisdiction after an election to determine an individual’s right to hold office); Norman v.
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Ambler, 46 So. 3d 178, 183 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (holding that circuit court was without power to entertain defeated candidate’s challenge to primary opponent’s qualification for state senate based on alleged inaccuracies in financial disclosure forms because primary had already occurred).
LEWIS, KELSEY, and WINSOR, JJ., concur.
_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
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- McPHERSON v. Flynn, 397 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 1981)
- Norman v. Ambler, 46 So. 3d 178 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010)