ADVISORY OPINION TO GOVERNOR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Jacquot , General Counsel, Nicholas A. Primrose , John MacIver , Colleen Ernst , and James Uthmeier , Deputy General Counsel, Joshua E. Pratt , Assistant General Counsel, Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, Florida, for The Honorable Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida.

Theodore Leopold , Diana L. Martin , and Poorad Razavi of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Cecilia Aguilera and Jon Sherman , Fair Elections Center, Washington, District of Columbia, for Interested Party, Fair Elections Center.

Jimmy Midyette , Jacksonville, Florida, Julie A. Ebenstein , Rodkangyil Orion Danjuma , and Jonathan S. Topaz , New York, New York, Daniel B. Tilley , and Anton Marino , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, Florida; Leah C. Aden and John S. Cusick , NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York; and Sean Morales-Doyle and Eliza Sweren-Becker of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, New York, for Interested Parties, Orange County Florida Branch of the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida, the American Civil Liberties Union, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, the Florida Conference of the NAACP, and League of Women Voters of Florida.

Mark R. Schlakman of Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Tallahassee, Florida, for Interested Party, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL).

Daniel Bell , General Counsel, J. Michael Maida , Deputy General Counsel, and W. Jordan Jones , Staff Attorney, House Judiciary Committee, Tallahassee, Florida; and Jonathan L. Williams of Lash & Goldberg LLP, Miami, Florida, for Interested Party, Florida House of Representatives.

Adam Richardson, pro se, West Palm Beach, Florida, Interested party.

Jeremiah Hawkes , General Counsel, and Ashley Istler , Deputy General Counsel, The Florida Senate, Tallahassee, Florida for Interested Parties, The Florida Senate and Bill Galvano, in his official capacity as President of The Florida Senate Jennifer LaVia and Carla Laroche, pro se, Tallahassee, Florida, Interested parties.

Chad W. Dunn of Brazil & Dunn, L.L.P., Miami, Florida; and Danielle Lang , Molly E. Danahy , and Mark P. Gaber of Campaign Legal Center, Washington, District of Columbia for Interested Parties, Bonnie Raysor, Diane Sherrill, and Lee Hoffman.

Bradley R. McVay , General Counsel, Ashley E. Davis , Deputy General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, Florida; Mohammad O. Jazil and Gary V. Perko of Hopping Green & Sams, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida; and George N. Meros, Jr. , and Tara R. Price of Holland & Knight LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, for Interested Party, the Florida Secretary of State, Laurel M. Lee.