The decision marks the latest court ruling against one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ policies since he launched his presidential run.
two parts of Florida’s sweeping new election law SB 7050, which took effect July 1, writing in his decision that the “Free State of Florida is simply not free to exceed the bounds of the United States Constitution.”
The ruling blocked a part of the law that barred noncitizens from registering people to vote—even if they’re legally residing in the U.S.—which Walker ruled was likely in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause for discriminating on the basis of not being a citizen. Walker, an Obama appointee, also blocked a part of the law that made it a felony for third-party voting organizations to retain any voter information, ruling it was overly vague and not clear if it would penalize groups from keeping information like email addresses or phone numbers to keep in touch with voters.
The text of the statute is “so devoid of meaning that it cannot possibly give people of ordinary intelligence fair notice of what information they are allowed to retain,” Walker wrote, noting that the state’s “insistence” in court that the statute would only cover personal information “offer[s] little solace to individuals facing a felony prosecution.”, which includes a provision that makes it possible for DeSantis to run for president without resigning his role as governor.
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