Eleventh Circuit Won’t Rehear Case on Closed Florida Primaries

On May 6, the Eleventh Circuit refused to rehear Polelle v Florida Secretary of State, 22-14031. This is the case in which a Florida voter had hoped to obtain a ruling that Florida’s closed primaries are unconstitutional. The original decision of the Eleventh Circuit had upheld closed primaries, although it did say the voter had standing.


Comments

Eleventh Circuit Won’t Rehear Case on Closed Florida Primaries — 2 Comments

  1. The panel said that the closed primary laws did unconstitutionally burden the voter but concluded they couldn’t grant any relief remanding the matter back to the district court.

    Read more about the case from the National Law Review Journal: https://archive.ph/zvAfw

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.