HALPERIN'S TAKE: How realistic it is for the Sunshine State to go postal?

1. Isn't federal money required to pay for a federal election? And won't it be close to impossible to raise the necessary millions of dollars under federal fundraising rules?

2. How late will they have to hold the election to allow for overseas military voters to have time to send their ballots back?

3. How will the state get U.S. Justice Department sign-off fast enough, since Florida, as a “pre-clearance” state, is required to show that any election rules meet federal Voting Rights Act standards?

4. How long a lead time will be needed to allow for voter registration?

5. Can the state and state Democratic Party successfully negotiate with all 67 county supervisors of elections to even hold a statewide election?

6. Will Republicans and independents who already voted in the January 29th Republican primary be allowed to switch their registration and vote in the new contest?

7. Will the state's first-ever such vote-by-mail election produce anything like the record turnout that Democrats saw in January? And what if they fall fall short?

8. Is vote-by-mail event legal under Florida law, which states “(2) The following elections may not be conducted by mail ballot: (a) An election at which any candidate is nominated, elected, retained, or recalled. . . .”? Read full statute here.