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- Title: Robin C. Krivanek v. Take Back Tampa Political Committee
- Author : Supreme Court of Florida
- Release Date : January 30, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
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We have for review Krivanek v. Take Back Tampa Political Committee, 603 So.2d 528 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), in which the district court of appeal affirmed the trial courts issuance of a writ of mandamus that required Robin C. Krivanek, as the Supervisor of Elections of Hillsborough County, to count and validate the petition signatures of 462 voters whose names had been temporarily purged from the permanent registration books of Hillsborough County under the provisions of section 98.081, Florida Statutes (1991). We find that the district courts decision in this case expressly affects a class of constitutional officers, specifically, how supervisors of elections are to determine the validity of signatures on initiative petitions. Consequently, we have jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(3), of the Florida Constitution. For the reasons expressed, we find that electors whose names have been temporarily removed from the voter registration books are not qualified to sign initiative petitions under the statutory legislative scheme that establishes voter qualifications, and we quash the district courts decision. This case involves the construction of section 98.081, which provides, in pertinent part: