UF has responded to the lawsuit filed by a student group supporting online voting in Student Government elections, and according to UF, the suit is illegitimate.
The group, Students for Online Voting, sued UF on Feb. 22 after the UF Supreme Court ruled that an online-voting amendment would be unconstitutional. The court said online voting could interfere with SG's ability to prevent voter coercion.
UF filed two motions Friday stating that the suit should be suspended because the group, known as SOLVe, filed its case in the wrong court.
The UF Supreme Court's decision is not "subject to any judicial appellate review in Florida courts," the motions stated.
The response followed a Feb. 28 court order from Alachua County Circuit Judge Frederick D. Smith asking UF to "show good cause" within 20 days of when the suit was filed why an online-voting amendment is unconstitutional.
The amendment would allow students to vote on whether they want online voting in future SG elections.
UF spokesman Steve Orlando said he couldn't comment on UF's response because the lawsuit is ongoing.
Sam Miorelli, SOLVe's executive director, said UF's claim that decisions from UF's Supreme Court are not subject to review is "outrageous."
"We might as well crown them king," Miorelli said of the court. "It means they have unlimited power to do anything."
Miorelli said what UF filed isn't really a response because it doesn't address the main issue - whether students can decide if they want SG online voting.
Instead, he said, UF states that SOLVe doesn't have the right to sue.
"It seems cowardly," Miorelli said.
He added that SOLVe and its attorneys would respond to UF's statements, but wasn't sure when.
