VOTE.ORG v. BYRD

Case No. 4:23-cv-111-AW-MAF.

700 F.Supp.3d 1047 (2023)

VOTE.ORG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cord BYRD, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of Florida, et al., Defendants, Republican National Committee and Republican Party of Pasco County, Intervenor-Defendants.

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

Signed October 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abha Khanna, Elias Law Group, Seattle, WA, Justin Michael Baxenberg, Pro Hac Vice, Alexander Franklin Atkins, Pro Hac Vice, Renata Marie O'Donnell, Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group, Washington, DC, Quinn Brandon Ritter, Frederick Stanton Wermuth, King Blackwell Zehnder & Wermuth PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiffs Vote. org, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Florida State Conference of the NAACP.

Quinn Brandon Ritter, Frederick Stanton Wermuth, King Blackwell Zehnder & Wermuth PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff Disability Rights Florida.

Ashley E. Davis, Joseph Scott Van De Bogart, William David Chappell, Florida Department of State Office of General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, Michael Robert Beato, Mohammad Omar Jazil, Holtzman Vogel, Tallahassee, FL, Nicholas John Peter Meros, Executive Office of the Governor, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Cord Byrd.

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

Susan Smith Erdelyi, Marks Gray PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants Christopher Milton, Mark Andersen, Amanda Seyfang, Sharon Chason, Tomi Stinson Brown, Starlet Cannon, Heather Riley, Shirley G. Knight, John Hanlon, Laura Hutto, Carol A. Dunaway, Travis Hart, Grant Conyers, Janet H. Adkins, Charles Overturf, Tappie A. Villane, Vicky Oakes, William Keen, Jennifer Musgrove Kinsey, Dana Southerland, Deborah K. Osborne, Joseph Morgan, Ryan Messer, Carol F. Rudd.

Frank Michael Mari, Roper PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendants Tim Bobanic, Mark F. Negley, Kaiti Lenhart, Connie Sanchez, Karen Healy, Michelle Milligan, Heath Driggers,

Devona Alicia Reynolds Perez, Joseph K. Jarone, Nathaniel Adam Klitsberg, Office of the Broward County Attorney, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant Joe Scott.

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

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

Craig Dennis Feiser, Office of General Counsel, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant Mike Hogan.

Christi Jo Hankins, Escambia County Attorneys Office, Pensacola, FL, William B. Graham, Carr Allison, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant David H. Stafford.

Geraldo Francis Olivo, III, Henderson Franklin Starnes, etc., Fort Myers, FL, for Defendants Aletris Farnam, Diane Smith, Brenda Hoots, Therisa Meadows, Tammy Jones, Melissa Arnold.

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

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

Andy V. Bardos, Grayrobinson PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants Leslie Rossway Swan, Alan Hays, Tommy Doyle, Michael Bennett, Wesley Wilcox, Joyce Griffin, Brian E. Corley, Chris Anderson, Jennifer J. Edwards, Leah Valenti.

Mark Herron, Messer Caparello & Self PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Mark S. Earley.

Michael Beny Valdes, Sophia Marie Guzzo, Miami-Dade County Attorneys Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant Christina White.

Gregory Thomas Stewart, Matthew Reed Shaud, Nabors Giblin & Nickerson PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant Paul 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, David K. Markarian, Jessica Rose Glickman, The Markarian Group, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, for Defendant Wendy Sartory Link.

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.

Sarah Lynn Jonas, William Kevin Bledsoe, Volusia County Attorney's Office, DeLand, FL, for Defendant Lisa Lewis.

Benjamin J. Gibson, Daniel Elden Nordby, Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Cameron Thomas Norris, Pro Hac Vice, Conor Dean Woodfin, Pro Hac Vice, Gilbert Charles Dickey, Pro Hac Vice, Thomas Ryan McCarthy, Pro Hac Vice, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, Tyler R. Green, Pro Hac Vice, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Pasco County.

Holly Frances Balsley Berlin, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus United States.


ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS

Before they can vote, Floridians must first register. And when they register, they must include a signature on their registration form. Under current Florida law, that signature must be either an "original signature" or a "digital signature...

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