National Democratic committeeman Jon Ausman this morning announced a lawsuit against the state for moving up its presidential primary to Jan. 29, claiming the statute enabling the move "interferes with the internal processes of the national Democratic and Republican Parties, and for purely political purposes, attempts to influence each party's selection of a candidate for the presidency of the United States."

Ausman said the state could move the date had it shown it necessary "so that elections are orderly fair and honest," but did not. The lawsuit was filed in the circuit court in Tallahassee. It seeks to declare the Legislature's action unconstitutional and revert the primary back to March unless lawmakers meet and move it to Feb. 5 or later.

"We want more people voting. We want Florida to get it right and that means moving away from this Jan. 29 date," said Alma Gonzalez (pictured) who is one of the plaintiffs.