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CASE STUDIES IN EMERGENCY ELECTION LITIGATION
Multiple Suits After an Election to Relax
the Standards for Counting and Recounting Votes
Democratic Executive Committee of Florida v. Detzner
(No. 4:18-cv-520), VoteVets Action Fund v. Detzner
(No. 4:18-cv-524), DSCC v. Detzner (No. 4:18-cv-526),
and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
v. Detzner (No. 4:18-cv-528)
(Mark E. Walker and Robert L. Hinkle, N.D. Fla.)
The campaign for the ultimately unsuccessful reelection of a U.S.
senator filed four federal complaints during the week following a
general election. Each complaint raised a different issue: signature
matching on mail and provisional ballots, mail ballot deadlines,
manual recount rules, and recount deadlines. The judge enjoined
disqualification of votes for mismatched signatures without an op-
portunity to resolve the mismatch. The judge denied relief in the
other cases.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Signature matching;
absentee ballots; provisional ballots; recounts; recusal; case
assignment; intervention.
Four federal complaints were filed in the Northern District of Florida two to
seven days after the 2018 general election by organizations affiliated with Sen-
ator Bill Nelson's ultimately unsuccessful reelection campaign.' The plaintiffs
1. Complaint, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comm. v. Detzner, No. 4:18-cv-528 (N.D.
Fla. Nov. 13, 2018), D.E. 1 [hereinafter Democratic Senatorial Campaign Comm. Complaint];
Complaint, DSCC v. Detzner, No. 4:18-cv-526 (N.D. Fla. Nov. 13, 2018), D.E. 1 [hereinafter
DSCC Complaint]; Complaint, VoteVets Action Fund v. Detzner, No. 4:18-cv-524 (N.D. Fla.
Nov. 12, 2018), D.E. 1 [hereinafter VoteVets Action Fund Complaint]; Complaint, Democratic
Exec. Comm. of Fla. v. Detzner, No. 4:18-cv-520 (N.D. Fla. Nov. 8,2018), D.E. 1 [hereinafter
Democratic Exec. Comm. ofFla. Complaint]; see Daniel Chang, Alex Daugherty & Maya Kauf-
man, Dade Finishes Its Machine Recount as Broward Starts Process, Miami Herald, Nov. 14,
2018, at 1A; Daniel Chang, Elizabeth Koh & Nicholas Nehamas, Legal Sparring Continues;
Recounts Get Uneven Start, Miami Herald, Nov. 13, 2018, at 1A; David Smiley, Kyra Gurney,
Steve Bousquet & Emily L. Mahoney, It's Prayer Mode as Legal Decisions and Deadlines
Loom, Miami Herald, Nov. 15, 2018, at 1A; Sean Sullivan, Beth Reinhard, Vanessa Williams
& Lori Rozsa, New Court Moves Could Prolong Fla., Ga. Races, Wash. Post, Nov. 14, 2018, at
Al; see also Steve Bousquet & Steve Contorno, Sluggish Campaign Ends a Lengthy Career, Mi-
ami Herald, Nov. 18, 2018, at 1A; Joshua Jamerson, Alex Leary & Andrew Duehren, GOP
Wins Senate Race in Florida, Wall St. J., Nov. 19, 2018, at Al; Patricia Mazzei, Frances Robles
& Maggie Astor, Scott Unseats Senate Democrat After a Manual Recount in Florida, N.Y.
Times, Nov. 19, 2018, at All; Jeffrey Schweers, Seven Lawsuits and Counting: Tallahassee Is
Ground Zero, Tallahassee Democrat, Nov. 14, 2018, at A6. See generally Jay Weaver & Steve
Bousquet, Federal Judge Takes Center Stage in Recount Battle, Miami Herald, Nov. 15, 2018,
at 3A.
Federal Judicial Center 12/21/2018
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