LWV Florida and LULAC Secure Narrow Preliminary Injunction in Ballot Initiative
Brenda L Nelson | Published on 7/15/2025
TALLAHASSEE, FL — The US District Court for the Northern District of Florida issued a limited ruling striking down the application of specific provisions of Florida’s House Bill 1205. The ruling allows noncitizen members of the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) to collect signed citizen ballot initiative petitions supporting the sponsors of three initiatives, Medicaid Expansion, the Right to Clean Water Initiative, and Legal Marijuana. The Court’s ruling also extends to any of LWVFL’s members who live outside Florida and who wish to collect signed petitions for these sponsors. To qualify for the ballot in 2026, these sponsors must collect a certain number of petitions by February 2026.
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