MORSE v. DADE COUNTY CANVASSING BD.

No. 84-2052.

456 So.2d 1314 (1984)

Luis C. MORSE, Petitioner, v. The DADE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD; George Firestone, Secretary of the State of Florida; Humberto Cortina; and Evaristo L. Marina, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Alagia, Zamora & Suarez, Miami and Joseph J. Portuondo, Salinas, Cal., for petitioner.

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty. and Murray A. Greenberg, Asst. County Atty., Ellis Ruben, Miami, for respondents.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

Luis C. Morse, a candidate for election to the Florida House of Representatives, seeks review of a trial court order which invalidated a primary election in a single district.

The question presented is whether the trial court may entertain a petition brought by the county canvassing board seeking to void an election, and then order a new election on a showing only that there is a significant statistical variance between an original count and...

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