O'CONNELL v. Martin County

Sara O’Connell appeals the trial court’s entry of final summary judgment in favor of Martin County on her complaint seeking invalidation of a referendum approving an ad valorem tax exemption ordinance. She claims that the ballot title did not include the name by which the ordinance was commonly referred to, and that the summary was misleading. She also claims that the court denied her due process by considering a memorandum of legal argument submitted by the County six days prior to the hearing. We affirm on all issues.

While our standard of review of a proposed amendment referendum is de…