Election & Political Law

Overview

Our statewide team assists clients in every aspect of participation in the political process. We advise public officials, judges, candidates, campaigns, political action committees (PACs), corporations, membership and non-profit organizations, lobbyists, and high net worth individual donors on a full-range of election law issues. We have served as counsel to committees sponsoring citizen initiative amendments to the Florida Constitution, securing ballot placement approval by the Florida Supreme Court. The media regularly consult members of our team for background and commentary on noteworthy election law issues.

Range of Services

• Federal and Florida election law compliance
  • Campaign finance regulations
  • Formation and operation of political committees
  • Political advertising and electioneering communications
  • Lobbying and other political activity regulations
• Recounts and contested elections
• Voting Rights Act issues
• Ballot qualification
• Legislation and ballot initiatives
• Policy development
• Strategic consulting and drafting for proposed legislation, state constitution and local government charter amendments
  • Other ballot initiatives / referenda including surtax initiatives to support local schools and infrastructure needs. We have successfully supported and opposed various ballot initiatives on a wide range of topics
• Representation for complainants and respondents before the Florida Elections Commission and Florida Commission on Ethics
• Judicial campaigns and ethics inquiries
• Ethics rules and counseling
• Extraordinary writ proceedings – Challenging the actions of government officials
• Sunshine law and open government laws
• Election litigation
• Rulemaking and rule challenges