Last year, five candidates filed in the Florida Green Party primary to run for the legislature. Green Party leaders had never heard of any of them, and suspected that Republican Party activists had recruited them to get their names on the ballot, and supposedly injure the chances of Democratic Party nominees. The state chair of the Green Party filed a lawsuit last year to determine who had paid the filing fees for these candidates, since the candidates had not disclosed this on campaign finance reports, and Florida filing fees are high.

A new deposition date, September 23, has been set in the case.