AFL-CIO v. HOOD

No. SC04-1921.

885 So.2d 373 (2004)

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS, et al., Appellants, v. Glenda E. HOOD, etc., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben R. Patterson and Jerry G. Traynham of Patterson & Traynham, Tallahassee, FL, and Stephen P. Berzon, Jonathan Weissglass, Linda Lye and Danielle E. Leonard of Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, San Francisco, CA, on behalf of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, et al.; Alma Gonzalez, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Public Employees Council 79, Tallahassee, FL; Jill Hanson, West Palm Beach, FL, and Jonathan P. Hiatt and Laurence E. Gold, Washington, D.C., on behalf of AFL-CIO; and Judith A. Scott and John J. Sullivan, Washington, D.C., on behalf of SEIU and SEIU 1199Florida, for Appellants.

Honorable Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Christopher M. Kise, Solicitor General, Gerald B. Curington, Assistant Deputy and Jonathan A. Glogau, Chief, Complex Litigation, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of the Honorable Glenda Hood; and Herbert W.A. Thiele, County Attorney and Patrick T. Kinni, Assistant County Attorney, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Jane Sauls, for Appellees.

Ronald A. Labasky of Landers & Parsons, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Bill Cowles and the Supervisor of Elections of Orange County, Florida and President of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections, Inc.; and D. Andrew Byrne, Darren A. Schwartz, Jackson W. Maynard, Jr., D. Christine Thurman of Cooper, Byrne, Blue & Schwartz, PLLC, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Cecilia Rush, for Intervenors.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal a trial court judgment certified by the district court of appeal to be of great public importance and to require immediate resolution by this Court. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(5), Fla. Const.

1. Facts

In 2001, the Florida Legislature enacted legislation allowing voters to cast provisional ballots. See § 101.048, Fla. Stat. (2004). Under this legislation, a voter whose eligibility...

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