Thurston v. State, Florida Elections Commission

In 2014, prior to the primary election for the office of Florida Attorney General, Perry Thurston submitted documents to the Division of Elections (“the Division”) in an attempt to meet the threshold required to qualify for state matching funds from the Election Campaign Financing Trust Fund. The Division rejected some of the documents—photocopies of checks—because necessary information contained on the face of the documents could not be read. The Division notified Thurston of the legibility problems after he was eliminated as a candidate in the primary election. In response, he submitted…