Legal Opinion

Sid Dinerstein v. Susan Bucher, in her official capacity as Supervisor of Elections of Palm Beach County

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 24, 2016No. 4D16-1873-David Levy v. Carl Woods, 4D16-1894-Patricia Snider, in her capacity as City Clerk of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, City of Palm Beach Gardens and City of Palm Beach Gardens Elections Canvassing Board v. Carl W. Woods and 4D16-1910Published

1Per curiam

These are consolidated appeals and a cross-appeal from a final judgment which declared candidate David Levy eligible to be re-elected to the Palm Beach Gardens City Council for the term commencing in March 2016. 1 The judgment also set aside the results of the March 2016 election, in which Levy was declared the winner, and ordered a runoff election to be held between Levy and another candidate, Carl Woods.

Multiple issues, were raised. We ñnd merit in the argument that the trial court erred in declaring Levy eligible to be reelected to the Council for the March 2016 term. We therefore reverse…

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