Election Law Question

AK
Amanda Karras
Fri, Jul 22, 2022 3:37 PM

A member poses the following:

If a citizen-initiated petition to change the local charter actually reads that its purpose is to change the charter of a neighboring locality (similarly-named but legally separate) but within the same county, is the error in jurisdictional reference a factually and legally-sufficient basis to disqualify the petition?  (Florida law preferable, but if this would be sufficient in another state I would be interested in learning how to best frame the argument(s).)

Please send me your responses at akarras@imla.orgmailto:akarras@imla.org and I will forward them along to the requestor.

Amanda Kellar Karras
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A member poses the following: If a citizen-initiated petition to change the local charter actually reads that its purpose is to change the charter of a neighboring locality (similarly-named but legally separate) but within the same county, is the error in jurisdictional reference a factually and legally-sufficient basis to disqualify the petition? (Florida law preferable, but if this would be sufficient in another state I would be interested in learning how to best frame the argument(s).) Please send me your responses at akarras@imla.org<mailto:akarras@imla.org> and I will forward them along to the requestor. Amanda Kellar Karras Executive Director / General Counsel Direct Phone: (202) 742-1018 IMLA Main: (202) 466-5424 Email: akarras@imla.org [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [logo]<https://imla.org/> 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! Take a look at all of IMLA's upcoming events<https://imla.org/events/>! IMLA's 2022 Annual<https://imla.org/annual-conference/> Conference, October 19-23, 2022 in Portland, OR! Check out our On-Demand webinar library<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/shopping/shopping.aspx?site=imla&webcode=shopping&cart=0&shopsearchCat=Merchandise&productCat=Webinar> with 100+ webinars at your fingertips!