The April 2015 special election for Florida State House, district 64, will include only one candidate listed on the ballot, running against a write-in candidate. See this story. It is the same candidate who already won the seat in the November 4, 2014 election. His election was determined by the legislature to be void because his primary had been open to all registered voters, even though a write-in candidate had filed to run against him in the general election.
Ballot Access News
Edited By Richard Winger
One court had erroneously opened the August primary, but because of the latest of the decision it was not conducted as an open primary. This led to the results of the primary being discarded, and the Republican primary moved to November, where it was open to all voters.
Meanwhile an appeal had determined that the primary should have been closed, but this was too late to close the November primary.
The legislature was faced with conflicting decisions by the judicial branch and the executive branch, and decided that it would be quickest to simply void the whole election, since the previous election is still being litigated.
With no one elected, a special election was called. In Florida, special elections require partisan primaries. If the other Republican candidate had paid the filing fee, there would have been a February primary closed to Republicans, with the winner advancing to the April election to face the write-in candidate.
Florida should eliminate this Mickey Mouse procedure by adopting Top 2.
Never to Top Two.
But this is again, a good example [though in this case a poor one] of why the Governor should be allowed to appoint someone who is not a member of his/her party to fill this seat until the next scheduled election.