LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, INC. v. LEE

Case No.: 4:21cv186-MW/MAF 4:21cv187-MW/MAF 4:21cv201-MW/MJF 4:21cv242-MW/MAF.

595 F.Supp.3d 1042 (2022)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Laurel M. LEE, in her official capacity as Florida Secretary of State, et al., Defendants, and National Republican Senatorial Committee and Republican National Committee, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

Signed March 31, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aria Christine Branch , David Robert Fox , Elisabeth C. Frost , Pro Hac Vice, Francesca Ashley Gibson , Lalitha D. Madduri , Christina A. Ford , Marc E. Elias , Elias Law Group, Washington, DC, Danielle E. Sivalingam , Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David Lee Anstaett , Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, Thomas Alan Zehnder , Frederick Stanton Wermuth , King Blackwell Zehnder & Wermuth PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiffs League of Women Voters of Florida Inc., League of Women Voters of Florida Education Fund Inc., Black Voters Matter Fund Inc., Florida Alliance for Retired Americans Inc., Cecile Scoon, Robert Brigham, Alan Madison.

David Robert Fox , Elisabeth C. Frost , Pro Hac Vice, Francesca Ashley Gibson , Elias Law Group, Washington, DC, Danielle E. Sivalingam , Perkins Coie LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David Lee Anstaett , Perkins Coie LLP, Madison, WI, Frederick Stanton Wermuth , King Blackwell Zehnder etc. PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff Susan Rogers.

Elisabeth C. Frost , Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group, Elisabeth Susan Theodore , Janine Marie Lopez , Jeremy Karpatkin , John A. Freedman , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, Aaron Stiefel , Arnold & Porter LLP, Brenda Wright , Kira Romero-Craft, Demos, New York, NY, Emily Miranda Galindo , Latino Justice Prldef, Tampa, FL, Jeffrey Andrew Miller , Arnold & Porter LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Plaintiffs Florida Rising Together, Unidosus, Equal Ground Education Fund, Hispanic Federation, Poder Latinx.

Elisabeth C. Frost , Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group, Washington, DC, Brenda Wright , Kira Romero-Craft, Demos, New York, NY, for Plaintiff Faith in Florida.

Elisabeth C. Frost , Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group, Amia Trigg , NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc., Benjamin Louis Baer Cavataro , Elizabeth T. Fouhey , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the Naacp, Common Cause, Disability Rights Florida.

Michelle E. Kanter Cohen , Fair Elections Center, Washington, DC, Nancy Gbana Abudu , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters, Corp.

Dallin B. Holt , John J. Cycon , Kenneth Clark Daines , Phillip Michael Gordon , Holtzman Vogel Baran et al., Haymarket, VA, Ashley E. Davis , Colleen E. O'Brien , Florida Department of State, Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Karen Ann Brodeen , William David Chappell , Office of the Attorney General, Bradley Robert McVay , Florida Department of State Office of General Counsel, Gary Vergil Perko , Mohammad Omar Jazil , Holtzman Vogel Baran et al., William Henry Stafford, III , Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Laurel M. Lee.

Rachel Rose Siegel , Bilal Ahmed Faruqui , Karen Ann Brodeen , William Edward Chorba , William Henry Stafford, III , Florida Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Ashley Moody.

Diana Masters Johnson , Robert Charles Swain , Alachua County Attorneys Office, Gainesville, FL, for Defendant Kim A. Barton.

Edward Paul Cuffe , Susan Smith Erdelyi , Marks Gray PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants Chris Milton, Mark Andersen, Amanda Seyfang, Sharon Chason, Tomi S. Brown, Starlet Cannon, Heather Riley, Shirley Knight, Laura Hutto, Carol Dunaway, Travis Hart, Grant Conyers, Janet H. Adkins, Charles Overturf, Tappie A. Villane, Vicky Oakes, William Keen, Jennifer M. Kinsey, Dana Southerland, Deborah Osborne, Joseph Morgan, Bobby Beasley, Carol F. Rudd.

Frank Michael Mari , John M. Janousek , Roper PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendants Lori Scott, Mark F. Negley, Kaiti Lenhart, Connie Sanchez, John Hanlon, Penny Ogg, Marty Bishop, Heath Driggers.

Benjamin Salzillo , Brendalyn Edwards , Joseph K. Jarone , Nathaniel Adam Klitsberg , Broward County Attorney's Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant Joe Scott.

Andy V. Bardos , James Timothy Moore, Jr. , GrayRobinson PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants Paul A. Stamoulis, Jennifer J. Edwards, Leslie Swan, Alan Hays, Tommy Doyle, Michael Bennett, Wesley Wilcox, Joyce Griffin, Brian Corley, Christopher Anderson.

Dale A. Scott , Roper PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendant Maureen Baird.

John T. Lavia, III , Gardner Bist Bowden et al., Ronald A. Labasky , Brewton Plante PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants Chris H. Chambless, Vicki Davis, Mary Jane Arrington, Lori Edwards, Gertrude Walker.

Craig Dennis Feiser , Mary Margaret Giannini , City of Jacksonville Office of General Counsel, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant Mike Hogan.

Kia M. Johnson , Clark Partington , Matthew Reed Shaud , Escambia County Attorneys Office, Pensacola, FL, for Defendant David H. Stafford.

Geraldo Francis Olivo, III , Henderson Franklin Starnes etc., Robert C. Shearman , Alachua County Attorney's Office, Fort Myers, FL, for Defendants Aletris Farnam, Diane Smith, Brenda Hoots, Therisa Meadows, Tammy Jones, Melissa Arnold.

Jon A. Jouben , Hernando County, Brooksville, FL, Kyle J. Benda , Hernando County Attorneys Office, Brooksville, FL, for Defendant Shirley Anderson.

Stephen Mark Todd , Office of the County Attorney, Tampa, FL, for Defendant Craig Latimer.

Mark Herron , Patrick Scott O'Bryant , Summer Denay Brown , Messer Caparello & Self PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Mark Earley.

Michael Beny Valdes , Oren Rosenthal , Miami-Dade County Attorneys Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant Christina White.

Elizabeth Desloge Ellis , Gregory Thomas Stewart , Kirsten H. Mood , Nabors Giblin & Nickerson PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Paul A. Lux.

Nicholas Ari Shannin , Shannin Law Firm PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendant Bill Cowles.

Ashley Dolan Houlihan , Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, West Palm Beach, FL, Ronald A. Labasky , Brewton Plante PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Wendy Link.

Jared Douglas Kahn , Kelly Lynn Vicari , Pinellas County Attorneys Office, Clearwater, FL, for Defendant Julie Marcus.

Morgan Ray Bentley , Bentley & Bruning PA, Asarasota, FL, for Defendant Ron Turner.

London Lee Ott , William Kevin Bledsoe , Volusia County Attorney, DeLand, FL, for Defendant Lisa Lewis.

Mohammad Omar Jazil , Holtzman Vogel Baran et al., Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Governor of Florida.

Benjamin J. Gibson , Amber Stoner Nunnally , Daniel Elden Nordby , George N. Meros, Jr. , Tara R. Price , Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Cameron Thomas Norris , Steven Christopher Begakis , Daniel Joseph Shapiro , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, Tyler R. Green , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Salt Lake City, UT, Frank A. Zacherl , Shutts & Bowen LLP, Miami, FL, for Intervenor-Defendants.


FINAL ORDER FOLLOWING BENCH TRIAL

This case is about our sacred right to vote—won at great cost in blood and treasure.1 Courts have long recognized that, because "the right to exercise the franchise in a free and unimpaired manner...

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