Opinion
No. 1D11–5548.
2012-11-16
W. Lowell BRAY, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Ken DETZNER, as Secretary of State of Florida, Appellee.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County, Terry P. Lewis, Judge. Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, for Appellants. Daniel E. Nordby, General Counsel, and Ashley E. Davis, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County, Terry P. Lewis, Judge.
Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, for Appellants. Daniel E. Nordby, General Counsel, and Ashley E. Davis, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Prior report: 2011 WL 8560430. PER CURIAM.
Appellants raise several challenges to the constitutionality of qualifying fees for unopposed judicial candidates. See§ 105.031, Fla. Stat. We reject those arguments. We write to specify that in considering appellants' equal protection claims under the Florida Constitution, we apply the rational basis test. See Adams v. Askew, 511 F.2d 700 (5th Cir.1975).
AFFIRMED.