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VIA Email Ken.Detzner@dos.myflorida.comNovember 29, 2016Ken Detzner, Secretary of StateFlorida Department of StateR. A. Gray Building, Room 316500 South Bronough StreetTallahassee, Florida 32399-0250
RE: Florida Rigged Judicial Elections and Circuit Judge Ann Melinda Craggs, et al.
“In the American judicial system, few more serious threats to individual liberty can beimagined than a corrupt judge. Clothed with the power of the state and authorized to pass judgment on the most basic aspects of everyday life, a judge can deprive citizens of liberty and property in complete disregard of the Constitution. The injuries inflicted may be severe and enduring....”Judicial Immunity vs. Due Process: When Should A Judge Be Subject to Suit?Robert Craig Walters, Cato Journal, Vol.7, No.2 (Fall 1987)
http://www.tulanelink.com/pdf/judicial_immunity_waters.pdf 
Dear Secretary Detzner:I am writing you as Florida’s Chief Election Officer (Fla. Stat. § 97.012) concerning Floridarigged judicial elections that appear unlawful, and unconstitutional under Florida’s Constitution,Article V, Section 10(b)(1) The election of circuit judges shall be preserved...and Article VI,Section 1. Regulation of elections. All elections by the people shall be by direct and secret vote...The Florida Bar News reported June 1, 2016,
86 judicial races to appear on fall ballots, 194 takeseats on the trial bench unopposed 
. (Exhibit 1). Judge Craggs, currently presiding over theforeclosure of my deceased mother’s HECM reverse mortgage in Marion County (13-CA-115),was one of the 194 who took her seat on the trial bench unopposed. Judge Craggs was appointed  judge by Governor Scott on October 7, 2014, to fill the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Brian Lambert to the Florida Fifth DCA, according to Ballotpedia. (Exhibit 2). Under Florida’s rigged judicial election system, Judge Craggs may never have face the voters.Why are so many judicial elections unopposed? Circuit judges are paid $146,079. Welcome toFlorida rigged judicial elections, rigged by a
de facto
 political party known as The Florida Bar.Rigged and/or uncontested judicial elections violate Art. V, Sec. 10(b)(1). It also appears thatFla. Sta. § 105.051 is unconstitutional relative to Art. V, Sec. 10(b)(1).105.051 Determination of election or retention to office.— (1) ELECTION.—In circuits and counties holding elections:(a) The name of an unopposed candidate for the office of circuit judge, county court judge, or member of a school board shall not appear on any ballot, and such candidateshall be deemed to have voted for himself or herself at the general election.
 
Filing # 49466148 E-Filed 11/30/2016 04:40:32 PM
 
Ken Detzner, Secretary of State November 29, 2016Florida Department of StatePage - 2This sounds like an election in a dictatorship. Candidate’s name not on the ballot? Candidateonly got one vote in the general election? The only vote received was the candidate’s own vote?Fla. Stat. § 105.051 also appears unconstitutional under Article VI, Section 1. Regulation of elections. All elections by the people shall be by direct and secret vote...Fla. Stat. § 105.041 Form of ballot, (1) and (2) require the names of candidates on the ballot:(1) BALLOTS.—The names of candidates for nonpartisan office which appear on the ballot at the primary election shall be grouped together on a separate portion of the ballotor on a separate ballot. The names of candidates for election to nonpartisan office whichappear on the ballot at the general election and the names of justices and judges seekingretention to office shall be grouped together on a separate portion of the general election ballot.(2) LISTING OF CANDIDATES.—The order of nonpartisan offices appearing on the ballot shall be determined by the Department of State. The names of candidates for election to each nonpartisan office shall be listed in alphabetical order. With respect toretention of justices and judges, the question “Shall Justice (or Judge) (name of justice or  judge) of the (name of the court) be retained in office?” shall appear on the ballot inalphabetical order and thereafter the words “Yes” and “No.”The 194 uncontested judgeships were rigged by prior agreement by members of The Florida Bar,the only potential candidates permitted to run. 194 judgeships went uncontested because theelection was rigged that way in 2016, as in earlier years, as shown below, by members of TheFlorida Bar to protect incumbent judges. In exchange for that protection, unopposed incumbent judges, automatically reelected, protect members of The Florida Bar, such as bad lawyers likeCurtis Alan Wilson, and homicidal foreclosure mills like McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC.Voluntary bar associations, such as the
 Marion County Bar Association
, might be one placewhere judicial pre-election rigging takes place. Not on the official agenda. But during casualsocial gatherings. Gregory C. Harrell is the immediate past president of the Marion County Bar Association, a voluntary bar, according to The Florida Bar website. Mr. Harrell is also GeneralCounsel to David R. Ellspermann, Marion County Clerk of Court & Comptroller.The Florida Bar News reported May 15, 2012,
18 jurists to face retention elections, 72 races set  for the trial court ballot Another 286 judges take a seat on the bench unopposed 
. (Exhibit 3).The Tampa Bay Times reported May 2, 2008,
Unopposed judges quietly keep their seats
,By Lucy Morgan, Times Senior Correspondent. (Exhibit 4).
TALLAHASSEE —
 Quietly and with little public notice, more than 250 judges as well astwo dozen state attorneys and public defenders won re-election Friday as the qualifying period for judicial offices ended.
 
Ken Detzner, Secretary of State November 29, 2016Florida Department of StatePage - 3Among the winners are Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe and PublicDefender Bob Dillinger, and Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober and PublicDefender Julianne Holt.They and hundreds of judges should all thank former Miami Dade Circuit Judge MartinD. Kahn, a veteran jurist who was defeated by 2,700 votes by a political newcomer whenhe sought re-election in 2000.Kahn's defeat ginned up so much sympathy among state lawmakers that they quietlytucked a little amendment in an elections bill as it passed on the final night of the 2002legislative session.Instead of qualifying for public office with other state candidates in July of every year,the judges would file their paperwork in May, when federal candidates qualify.Former Rep. Dudley Goodlette, R-Naples, offered the measure as part of a larger amendment. Contacted earlier this week, Goodlette said the issue had been raised  because of Kahn's defeat. Sitting judges wanted time to clear their calendars and campaign if they faced opponents, Goodlette said."The rumor was that if they moved judicial qualifying, then maybe nobody would notice," recalled Secretary of State Kurt Browning, who was Pasco elections supervisor in 2002 and lobbying lawmakers for improved elections laws.For the qualifying that closed Friday, there were 283 circuit judge positions statewide.Twenty-three of those are open seats and will be contested.Of the 260 remaining seats, only eight will be contested. The other 252 won unopposed......Few incumbents have lost since Florida began electing judges in nonpartisan races inthe 1970s, but the early qualifying date lets even more avoid opposition, according to areview of election results over the past 12 years.Judges frequently escape opposition because only lawyers can run for the jobs, and fewlawyers are willing to risk angering a judge before whom they must appear. In recentyears few incumbent circuit judges have faced opposition, and only five have beendefeated.The Florida Bar News reported June 1, 2006,
41 contested judicial races on the ballot.
 (Exhibit 5)...[t]here are 17 contested circuit judge races around the state, while 134 circuit judgeships were decided without an election. Most of those involved incumbents whofiled for reelection and drew no opponents. There also are 24 contested county court

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