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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
CASE NOS.: SC00-2346, SC00-2348 & SC00-2349
PALM BEACH COUNTY
vs.
KATHERINE HARRIS, ET AL.
CANVASSING BOARD
VOLUSIA COUNTY
vs.
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, ET AL.
CANVASSING BOARD
FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
vs.
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, ET
AL.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES
MOTION OF LOIS FRANKEL, MINORITY LEADER OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
TO PARTICIPATEAS AMICUS CURIAE AND TO FILE A BRIEF
REPRESENTATIVE LOIS FRANKEL, pursuant to Rule 9.370, Florida Rules of
Appellate Procedure, hereby requests that this Court enter an Order permitting her to
participate as amicus curiae in the above-captioned matter and to file the attached brief as
amicus curiae. In support thereof, Representative Frankel would show the following reasons:
1. The "Motion of the Florida Legislature to Participate as amicus curiae
and to File a Brief" filed by the presiding officers of the Florida Legislature, and the
anticipated amicus curiae brief of the presiding officers authorized by this Court to
be filed by the presiding officers, were not filed as a result of any authorizing vote of
any committee of the Florida Legislature or of any vote of the Florida Legislature.

2. The amicus curiae petition filed in the United States Supreme Court by
the presiding officers of the Florida Legislature was not a result of any vote of any
committee of the Florida Legislature or of any vote of the Florida Legislature.
3. Petitioner Senator Thomas E. Rossin moved to strike the amicus
curiae brief filed by the presiding officers of the Florida Legislature in the United
States Supreme Court within 36 hours of receipt of the amicus curiae brief filed in
that forum.
4. The Florida Legislature as a body has not voted upon or considered the
matters referred to in the anticipated amicus curiae brief filed by the presiding
officers of the Florida Legislature in this matter.
5. Unless the petitioner is allowed to participate, this court may be left
with the erroneous perception that the amicus curiae brief filed by the presiding
officers represents the position of the body of the Florida Legislature.
Wherefore, Lois Frankel, as a member of the Florida Legislature and as minority leader
of the Florida House of Representatives, respectively, respectfully move this Court to allow
participation as amicus curiae.
Lois Frankel, Minority Leader
Florida House of Representatives
Room 316, The Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Telephone: (850) 488-9622
Fax: (850) 922-5912
Florida Bar # 180409

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