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Lawsuit dislodges election dates from DeSantis
Theresa Lee with Harvard’s Election Law Center and one of the lawyers representing voters who sued DeSantis said in an email that while everyone is “thrilled” the lawsuit “forced the governor’s hand to carry out the duties of his office”
Following a lawsuit filed by the Election Law Clinic, Governor Ron DeSantis called special elections for three majority-Black legislative districts, to be held in early 2022.
After ninety-one days of inaction, Governor Ron DeSantis finally called special elections for three majority-Black legislative districts with Executive Order No. 21-224. The Election Law Clinic previously filed a lawsuit to compel the Governor to fulfill this duty.
Facing lawsuit, DeSantis sets special elections for South Florida legislative races
DeSantis, a Republican, was accused of waiting too long to set election dates to fill the vacancies in a lawsuit filed 12 days ago by the Harvard Election Law Clinic on behalf of Broward and Palm Beach voters.
Lawsuit asks court to make DeSantis call special elections
The Governor refuses to perform his statutory duty to fix the dates of special elections to fill three vacancies in majority-Black legislative districts, as the law requires.
ELC files action to compel Governor DeSantis to call special elections in majority-Black districts
Petitioners contend that the Governor refuses to perform his statutory duty to fix the dates of special elections to fill three vacancies in majority-Black legislative districts, as the law requires.