County of Volusia v. Quinn

The County of Volusia (County), and the School Board of Volusia County (School Board), appeal the trial court’s order holding unconstitutional an amendment to the Volu-sia County Home Rule Charter. We reverse.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Effective January 1971, Volusia County was approved to be a chartered county with home-rule authority. The Volusia County Home Rule Charter provided, among other things, that elections for county officers would be on a nonpartisan basis. In 1994, the electors of the county approved an amendment to the Charter. The amendment provided that, after…