US EditionJudge largely denies request to block restrictions on getting measures on Florida’s ballot
- An Obama-appointed judge largely denied activist groups' request to block Florida's new petition law on June 4, 2025.
- Governor DeSantis pushed the 58-page law after concerns about petition fraud and to impose stricter rules on citizen-led amendments.
- The law shortens petition submission from 30 to 10 days, adds daily fines up to $5,000, and criminalizes unregistered retention of voter data.
- Judge Walker stated the petition process became more expensive and less efficient, but found plaintiffs’ injury does not prove constitutional violation.
- The law remains mostly intact with only a limited injunction on the new racketeering definition applying to one petition circulator.
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Judge largely denies request to block restrictions on getting measures on Florida’s ballot
A federal judge has mostly denied requests by grassroots campaigners to block portions of a new Florida law that restricts the state’s citizen-driven process to get constitutional amendments on the ballot.
Judge Largely Denies Activists’ Challenge to Petition Law, Sides With State
TALLAHASSEE—Gov. Ron DeSantis’s controversial new law revamping how citizen-led amendments are put on the ballot will almost fully stay on the books, an Obama-appointed federal judge decided Wednesday. Judge Mark Walker largely sided with the state in his 33-page order, denying all but one of activist groups’ swath of pleas to block various parts of the petition law signed just last month. The sweeping new law, pushed for by DeSantis to combat p…
Judge Refuses to Halt Initiative Restrictions
TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge Wednesday refused to block parts of a new Florida law that placed additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process, turning down arguments by groups seeking to take issues to voters in 2026.
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