Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction on Parts of Newly Passed Florida Election Law

Voters fill out their ballots as they vote at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station in Miami, Florida on Oct. 21, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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.”