W. E. SKILLMAN, APPELLANT,

v.

R. J. REINKE ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Hurt v. Naples, 299 So. 2d 17 (Fla. 1974)
  …e people to select their own officers and the rule is against imposing disqualifications to run. The lexicon of democracy condemns all attempts to restrict one’s right to run for office . . . ” [*21] In City of Miami Beach v. Richard (Fla.App.1965), 173 So. 2d 480, the Third District Court stated: “To hold one ineligible to run for office where neither the Constitution nor the statute does so in express terms is contrary to every democratic precept.” In 63 Am.Jur.2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 38, it…
• Haneef Hamidullah and Bennie Dawson v. Burke, 783 So. 2d 1079 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  …could recall and elect the recalled officer to succeed himself, we cannot justify any other decision on the facts herein, where it is the Governor who has initiated a candidate’s suspension from office. Likewise, in City of Miami Beach v. Richard, 173 So. 2d 480 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965), we stated: To hold one ineligible to run for office where neither the Constitution nor the statute does so in express terms is contrary to every democratic precept. The court in Hurt also referred to 63 American Jurisprudence 2…
• Republican Party OF Miami-Dade Cnty. v. Davis, 18 So. 3d 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)
  …, 299 So. 2d 17, 21 (Fla.1974); Treiman, 342 So. 2d at 975. “If there be doubt or ambiguity in the [applicable] provisions, the doubt or ambiguity must be resolved in favor of eligibility.” Vieira, 318 So. 2d at 492; City of Miami Beach v. Richard, 173 So. 2d 480, 482 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965). III. With the above principles in mind, let us turn to the applicable statutes. The statutory framework for the major political parties is found in section 103.091, Florida Statutes (2008), which states: 103.091 Political…