CITIZENS FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY v. BROWNING

No. 08-15115.

572 F.3d 1213 (2009)

CITIZENS FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL COMMITTEE, Florida State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kurt S. BROWNING, in his capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Florida, Sharon L. Harrington, in her official capacity as Supervisor of Elections, Lee County, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Antonacci, Allen C. Winsor, Andy V. Bardos, Gray Robinson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, Thomas Bryan Hart, Knott, Consoer, Ebelini, Hart & Swett, P.A., Fort Myers, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Gregg D. Thomas, Paul R. McAdoo, James Joseph McGuire, Thomas & LoCicero & Bralow, PL, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and EDMONDSON and HILL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is about voting. Florida Statute § 102.031(4) says that no person may solicit voters "within 100 feet of the entrance to any polling place ... or early voting site," and broadly defines "solicit" to include, among other things, "seeking or attempting to seek a signature on any petition[.]" Fla. Stat. §§ 102.031(4)(a)-(b).1 The Florida statute codifies the Florida legislature's view that the right...

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