Plaintiffs clearly failed to meet the standards for granting preliminary injunctive relief. Plaintiffs likewise fail here to meet the exacting abuse of discretion standards embraced by this court to grant the extraordinary remedy of an injunction pending appeal. This dramatic relief is sought without any demonstration that the Plaintiffs will suffer any harm if the status quo remains undisturbed. Additionally, the relief sought, though nominally temporary appeal, is no different from the ultimate relief sought in the underlying lawsuit.
Plaintiffs offer no allegations of misconduct or bad faith.
Instead their entire argument rests upon an imagined scenario in which by availing themselves of procedures which are uniformly applied to all counties, certain county canvassing boards are acting in a manner that will thwart the intent of Florida voters. But Florida's procedures for a manual recount to verify votes do not favor any candidate. The manual recount procedure is available to all candidates and parties in Florida.