FEDERAL COURT PERMANENTLY BLOCKS PROVISION OF FLORIDA LAW THAT TARGETED VOTER REGISTRATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BY COMMU [View all]

[RandySF]

TALLAHASSEE, FL – A federal court today (May 15) permanently blocked a provision of Florida law S.B. 7050 that undermines community-based organizations performing voter registration and civic engagement.

The lawsuit, Hispanic Federation v. Byrd, was filed last year by voting and immigrants’ rights advocates and specifically focuses on the law’s noncitizen provision, which would impose a $50,000 fine on an organization for each noncitizen person who “collects” or “handles” voter registration forms on its behalf.

The restrictions included lawful permanent residents, many of whom have long-time, close ties to the communities in which they reside.

Hispanic Federation and Poder Latinx, along with three individual noncitizen plaintiffs, challenged S.B. 7050. They are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Dēmos, and Arnold & Porter.



https://www.aclufl.org/en/press-releases/federal-court-permanently-blocks-provision-florida-law-targeted-voter-registration