Pepper v. Cobo

Jacqueline Pepper appeals a final judgment declaring invalid a run-off election for the office of School Board Member, District 7, in Miami-Dade County. We affirm.

As explained in the trial court’s well-reasoned final judgment:

1. On September 5, 2000, the primary election for School Board Member, District 7, was held. No candidate won a majority of the votes cast. DAVID LEAHY prepared the ballot for the District 7 runoff election naming the two highest vote getters, Demetrio Perez and JACQUELINE PEPPER, as the candidates for the run-off election to be held at the time of the November 7, 2000,…