Florida ballot initiative law mostly upheld by federal judge, but key part suspended. Stephany Matat, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida. Wed, June 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM UTC. 3 min read.

A federal judge late Tuesday night blocked parts of Florida’s sweeping new crackdown on ballot initiatives but refused to stop provisions that could hamstring efforts to ask voters next year to expand ...

Federal judge weighs blocking Florida ballot initiative law that shortens from 30 to 10 days the length of time to submit signed petitions.

A federal judge Wednesday approved a request by the Republican Party of Florida to help defend a new law that places additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process.

A spokesman for Medicaid expansion says Walker's ruling affirms that its campaign can keep gathering petition signatures ...

Smart & Safe Florida has submitted more than 217,000 valid petition signatures to state elections officials, just shy of the 220,000 signatures that would trigger Florida Supreme Court review of ...

Lawyers for Secretary of State Cord Byrd and Attorney General James Uthmeier have quickly appealed a ruling by a federal ...

Florida sued over new ballot initiative restrictions The law, for example, shortens from 30 to 10 days the length of time to submit signed petitions to supervisors of elections.

A federal judge has blocked a key part of a new law that imposed additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process, saying a ban on non-Florida residents and ...

State Contends Restrictions Target Actions, Not Expression, in Ongoing Legal Battle Over Ballot Access Florida's Attorney ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Backers of the 2024 recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment have joined a court challenge to a new law that makes it harder for groups to place initiatives on the ballot.

A federal judge in Tallahassee mostly denied requests to temporarily block parts of a new Florida law revising rules for citizen-led ballot initiatives from plaintiffs who say it violates the ...