In Person Registration Challenge: Plaintiffs Wanted
Preparation for the in-person registration challenge is well underway.
This challenge will address the multiple occasions where a person required to register MUST report IN PERSON to the Sheriff’s office or Driver’s License office to report things like vacations, business trips or of a roommate gets a new car.
These additional in person reporting requirements (in addition to the 2 or 4 times one must already report in person for re-registration) are unnecessary. The same information can be taken online, in writing or over the phone without the necessity of going to the one registration location in the county (which might be miles away), at inconvenient times (most are not open 7 days a week or after work hours), only to wait in long lines or have to pay a fee for the privilege of doing this.
We are looking for potential plaintiffs for our lawsuit. If you are significantly impacted by the in-person reporting requirements and would like to be an important part of this challenge, please contact [email protected].
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Did they ever get plaintiffs for this? And/or, did original plaintiff re-file?
Whatever happened with this?
Plaintiff was Matthew 25. Judge dismissed based on institutional standing but rendered a very favorable opinion as to the merits if individuals filed that was used in Ex Post Facto Plus. We are waiting for Ex Post Facto to move ahead before refiling as a strategic measure
WHEN I WENT YO HAWAII I HAD TO GO TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE ON A WEEKDAY BECAUSE NO ONE WAS ON DUTY I WENT TO TWO ISLANDS .
The short version; I live in Florida. I work in South Carolina for 7 months of the year. When I return to Florida I stay in Jacksonville to do odd jobs for the same company that I work for in South Carolina.
I’ve been doing this for 6 years now. When I get to Jacksonville, sometimes it’s before Halloween,and sometimes it’s the first week of November, my reporting month. Most of the time I am home in Marion county just a day or two before November frist, my reporting month.
This year when I went to report my address change I was told that I needed to call the Marion county Sheriff’s Office and ask them what they want me to do about my reporting to them for my registration.
Jacksonville FL told me that I am not a resident of their country and I had to do so in Marion. I told the woman that I will be here working for 10 days, and she told me if I wanted to play games that she is better at this than I was. In shock I said, I’m sorry that you understood my confusion for playing a game with you. I was then told I have 48 hours to get the address changed on my Driver’s license and bring it back to her on Friday.
Now remember this is the short version…I will be required by my employer to go to Gainesville FL and to work there for a total of 50 days….then and only then will I be able to go back home in Marion county….I’ve Never had this much trouble trying to stay out of jail… sorry for the venting.
That is unbelievable. Especially the “if you want to play games” part.
I am going to assume that it was Marion, not Duval, that made that remark, but can’t tell. Marion SO has poor reputation among former offenders of all types, not just RSOs.
Were it me, I would document all my good faith efforts here. Even if state law has changed to “strict liability.” It would be worth it if my employment depended on hopping jurisdictions regularly.
Where is the God Damn Due Process that indisputably PROVES that these people are SO dangerous that these reporting requirements have validity to them?
I hope the lawyers tackle this in-person reporting law by chipping-away at the offense laws as a whole. Any chance we get we MUST chip away as much as possible.
This issue is being addressed right now in FAC’s broad lawsuit formerly known as ex post facto.