Parts of Florida’s new election law as they pertain to non-U.S. citizens and third-party voter registration groups were blocked by a federal court judge on July 3 after voting rights groups filed a lawsuit.
In his 58-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction on SB 7050, which was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican in May, arguing that Florida “is simply not free to exceed the boundaries of the United States Constitution.”
Under the legislation, non-U.S. citizens are barred from registering citizens to vote in the state while third-party voter registration organizations could also face a fine of up to $50,000 for each non-citizen who “collects or “handles” voter registration forms on the organization’s behalf….