Overview
Our state-wide team assists clients in every aspect of participation in the political process. We advise public officials, judges, candidates and campaigns, political action committees, corporations, membership and non-profit organizations, lobbyists, and high-net worth individual donors on a range of issues, including campaign advertising and finance, disputed elections, Florida Open Government / Sunshine Laws, and ethics issues. We also counsel clients on drafting and advancing proposed legislation, constitutional amendments, and other ballot initiatives.
- Federal and Florida Election Law Compliance
- Campaign Finance Regulations
- Formation and Operation of PACs
- 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
- Constitutional and Charter Amendments
- Other Ballot Initiatives
- Judicial Campaigns and Ethics Inquiries
- Ethics Rules and Counseling
- Florida Elections Commission
- Florida Commission on Ethics
- Extraordinary Writ Proceedings
- Sunshine Law & Open Government Laws
- Election Litigation
- Rulemaking & Rule Challenges
In the Media, Publications:
Column: Open primaries amendment deserves support
The Florida Times-Union|November 2020|Glenn Burhans, Jr.
Events:
The Amendment 3 Debate: Would Top-Two Primaries Be Good For Florida?
October 2020|Glenn Burhans, Jr.
In the Media:
This Week in South Florida: Glenn Burhans, Sean Shaw discussed Amendment 3 on TWISF
WPLG Local10.com|October 2020
In the Media, Publications:
Let all voters take part in the primaries | Column
Tampa Bay Times|October 2020|Glenn Burhans, Jr.
In the Media, Publications:
“All Voters Vote” measure needs passage to correct political self-identity oversight in Florida
Islander News|October 2020|Eugene E. Stearns
Publications:
Alternate history article got the result wrong | Opinion
Tallahassee Democrat|October 2020|Glenn Burhans, Jr.
In the Media:
On the Ballot – 2020 Proposed Constitutional Amendment 3
The Florida Channel|October 2020
Publications:
Chapter 6 - The Structure of Primaries
A Divided Union: Structural Challenges to Bipartisanship in America | Routledge|October 2020|Glenn Burhans, Jr.