Lake County Commissioner Anthony Sabatini’s fight against the state‘s mandatory resign-to-run law while running for Congress is heading for a showdown Monday in a federal courtroom in Tallahassee.
“As written the law violates both the Qualifications clause of the U.S. Constitution and Article 10, Section 3 of the Florida Constitution,” the lawsuit states.
Qualifying for the District 11 seat held by retiring Rep. Daniel Webster begins Monday and ends Friday.
Under Florida’s resign-to-run law, candidates seeking federal office who hold state or local elected positions must submit a resignation before qualifying. Failure to do so can trigger an automatic irrevocable resignation from the office they currently hold…