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To: SecularBull who wrote (102332)	12/5/2000 3:44:01 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

That case is going NOWHERE. JLA

To: SecularBull who wrote (102332)	12/5/2000 3:59:40 PM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I cant see that case going anywhere Message 14950634 Also, although the Fl Supreme court was vacated, there is some guidance in that ruling. Specifically from the guidance section Twenty-five years ago, this Court commented that the will of the people, not a hyper-technical reliance upon statutory provisions, should be our guiding principle in election cases: [T]he real parties in interest here, not in the legal sense but in realistic terms, are the voters. They are possessed of the ultimate interest and it is they whom we must give primary consideration. The contestants have direct interests certainly, but the office they seek is one of high public service and of upmost importance to the people, thus subordinating their interest to that of the people. Ours is a government of, by and for the people. Our federal and state constitutions guarantee the right of the people to take an active part in the process of that government, which for most of our citizens means participation via the election process. The right to vote is the right to participate; it is also the right to speak, but more importantly the right to be heard. We must tread carefully on that right or we risk the unnecessary and unjustified muting of the public voice. By refusing to recognize an otherwise valid exercise of the right of a citizen to vote for the sake of sacred, unyielding adherence to statutory scripture, we would in effect nullify that right. . From the conclusion: But to allow the Secretary to summarily disenfranchise innocent electors in an effort to punish dilatory Board members, as she proposes in the present case, misses the constitutional mark. The constitution eschews punishment by proxy. Although this order is vacated, it is vacated for reasons of failing to meet federal statute and constititional muster. If the FL supreme court is consistent, this case is DOA.