A group of solar advocates has filed a lawsuit with the Florida Supreme Court, demanding that Amendment 1, a solar energy amendment, be removed from the Nov. 8 ballot.

Florida Solar Energy Industries Association and Floridians for Solar Choice are asking the court to revisit its decision to allow Amendment 1.

In allowing the amendment on the ballot earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the ballot title and summary made clear the amendment's true purpose.

The two groups point to a series of Miami Herald reports surrounding a recorded speech about the amendment.

Consumers for Smart Solar, the group behind Amendment 1, say the amendment is designed to give Floridians the right to solar power while protecting consumers and keeping the government involved in its growth.

However, the speech by an official with the James Madison Institute said Consumers for Smart Solar partnered with JMI to create an amendment "designed to stymy the growth of solar power in Florida," and benefit utility companies.

Amendment 1 and CSS are heavily backed by Florida's utility companies, who have poured millions to campaign for the amendment.

JMI has said the official misspoke.

But the plaintiffs say that is not enough. They want the amendment removed from the ballot, and they want to make sure any votes already cast for Amendment 1 are not counted.

Attorneys wrote the following in its petition to the Supreme Court:

"It should not surprise the Court that the utilities-backed Amendment 1 was not actually intended to promote solar power. While not known at the time this Court issued its March 31, 2016 Advisory Opinion affirming the legal sufficiency of Amendment 1, it is now clear that the amendment’s proponents affirmatively withheld the actual and intended purpose of the amendment, to inhibit the expansion of solar power in Florida."  

Likely voters surveyed in our Florida Decides Exclusive Statewide Poll show 40 percent of voters support Amendment 1 while 30 percent are against it, and 26 percent are still unsure.