Case Name: Dennis G. KAINEN, et al., Petitioners, v. Katherine HARRIS, as Secretary of State, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-10-03
Citations: 769 So. 2d 1029
Docket Number: No. SC00-1644
Parties: Dennis G. KAINEN, et al., Petitioners, v. Katherine HARRIS, as Secretary of State, Respondent.
Judges: SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 769
Pages: 1029–1039

Head Matter:
Dennis G. KAINEN, et al., Petitioners, v. Katherine HARRIS, as Secretary of State, Respondent.
No. SC00-1644.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Oct. 3, 2000.
Bruce Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioners.
Deborah K. Kearney, General Counsel and Kerey Carpenter, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, Florida; and Tom Warner, Solicitor General, Richard A. Hix-son, and T. Kent Wetherell, II, Deputy Solicitors General, on behalf of Attorney General Robert A. Butterworth, Tallahassee, Florida, for Respondent.
Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, Florida, for Harvey M. Alper, Joseph W. Little and Henry P. Trawick, Amici Curiae.
A.J. Barranco, Jr. and Kimberly L. Boldt of Barranco, Kircher, Voeglsang & Boldt, P.A., Miami, Florida; and Kendall Coffey and Manuel A. Diaz of Coffey, Diaz & O’Naghten, L.L.P., Miami, Florida, for Diaz Amici Curiae.
John K. Shubin of Shubin & Bass, P.A., Miami, Florida, for The Cuban American Bar Association, The Hispanic National Bar Association, The Black Lawyers Association, Inc., and The Florida Association for Women Lawyers — Miami-Dade County Chapter, Amici Curiae
John A. DeVault, III and Allan F. Brooke II of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida, for Former Presidents of the Florida Bar, Amici Curiae.
Maggie Moody, Council Director, Civil Justice Council, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida; and Thomas R. Tedcastle, General Counsel, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee, Florida, for The Florida House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dennis G. Kainen petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus, claiming the ballot language for the local option vote required by article V, section 10(b)(3)a, Florida Constitution, is unclear and ambiguous and thus should be invalidated. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b), Fla. Const.
Upon review, we find the ballot language. provided by section 101.161(3)(c) and (e), Florida Statutes (1999), as amended by chapter 2000-361, section 1, at 4035-36, Laws of Florida., is not clearly and conclusively defective to warrant relief here. See Florida League of Cities v. Smith, 607 So.2d 397, 399 (Fla.1992) (no relief is possible unless the ballot summary is clearly and conclusively defective). Thus, the petition is denied.
It is so ordered.
SHAW, HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., concurs with an opinion, in which SHAW and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.
PARIENTE, J., concurs with an opinion, in which HARDING and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
LEWIS, J., specially concurs with an opinion.
WELLS, C.J., concurs in result only with an opinion.