Dennis G. KAINEN, et al., Petitioners,
v.
Katherine HARRIS, as Secretary of State, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 3, 2000.
October 3, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bruce Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioners.
Deborah K. Kearney, General Counsel and Kerey Carpenter, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida; and Tom Warner, Solicitor General, Richard A. Hixson, and T. Kent Wetherell, II, Deputy Solicitors General, on behalf of Attorney General Robert A. Butterworth, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent.
Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, Florida, for Harvey M. Alper, Joseph W. Little and Henry P. Trawick, Amici Curiae.
A.J. Barranco, Jr. and Kimberly L. Boldt of Barranco, Kircher, Voeglsang & Boldt, P.A., Miami, Florida; and Kendall Coffey and Manuel A. Diaz of Coffey, Diaz & O'Naghten, L.L.P., Miami, Florida, for Diaz Amici Curiae.
John K. Shubin of Shubin & Bass, P.A., Miami, Florida, for The Cuban American Bar Association, The Hispanic National Bar Association, The Black Lawyers Association, Inc., and The Florida Association for Women Lawyers—Miami-Dade County Chapter, Amici Curiae
John A. DeVault, III and Allan F. Brooke II of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Former Presidents of the Florida Bar, Amici Curiae.
Maggie Moody, Council Director, Civil Justice Council, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida; and Thomas R. Tedcastle, General Counsel, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida, for The Florida House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
Dennis G. Kainen petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus, claiming the ballot language for the local option vote required by article V, section 10(b)(3)a, Florida Constitution, is unclear and ambiguous and thus should be invalidated. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b), Fla. Const.
Upon review, we find the ballot language provided by section 101.161(3)(c) and (e), Florida Statutes (1999), as amended by chapter 2000-361, section...
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