Last Updated: December 5, 2017 at 11:40 AM

Florida Democratic Party v. Detzner

Case Information

Date Filed: October 3, 2016
State: Florida
Issue: Absentee Ballots
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (Case 4:16-cv-00607)

Issue:

Whether Florida's enforcement of statutes (Fla. Stat. § 98.077, Fla. Stat. § 101.65, and Fla. Stat. § 101.68) requiring the signatures on vote-by-mail ballots (formerly "absentee" ballots) to match the signature shown on registration records and the subsequent rejection of defective ballots, without a means to cure the defect, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Status:

Complaint filed 10/3/16. Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed 10/3/16. Defendant's Memorandum in Opposition and Motion to Dismiss filed 10/14/16. Plaintiffs' Reply filed 10/16/16. Order granting preliminary injunction filed 10/16/16. Answer filed 10/31/16. Ordering staying case until 5-5-17 filed 12/12/16. Status Report on Receipt of Settlement Funds and Closing of Case filed 8/17/17.

 

District Court Documents

• Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/3/16)
• Declaration of Mark Herron in Support of Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/3/16)
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/3/16)
• Complaint (filed 10/3/16)
• Defendant's Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion (filed 10/14/16)
• Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/14/16)
• Plaintiffs' Reply Memorandum (filed 10/16/16)
• Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/16/16)
• Order Directing Parties to File Notice as to Closing File (filed 10/25/16)
• Joint Notice Regarding Further Action and Joint Motion for Extension of Time to Answer (filed 10/28/16)
• Plaintiffs' Notice to the Court Regarding Further Action and Motion for Status Conference (filed 10/28/16)
• Florida Secretary of State's Answer (filed 10/31/16)
• Order Staying Case Until 5-5-17 (filed 12/12/16)
• Status Report Regarding Receipt of Settlement Funds and Closing of Case (filed 8/17/17)