Florida Supreme Court Rules that Write-in Candidates are “Real Candidates”

By Richard Winger On February 4, the Florida Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Brinkmann v Francois, SC14-1899. It agrees with the Florida State Court of Appeals that write-in candidates in general elections are “real” candidates.
The case arose because Florida has closed primaries, except in instances when all the candidates who file are members of the same party and the winner of that one party’s primary will be be the only candidate in November. At the 2014 election for Broward County Commissioner, district 2, all the candidates who filed for any primary filed for the Democratic primary. But, one …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2016/02/04/florida-supreme-court-rules-that-write-in-candidates-are-real-candidates/