On March 31, a federal judge ruled Florida’s new election law, SB 90, to be unconstitutional. As The Epoch Times reported May 1, 2021, the Republican-controlled state Senate previously approved SB 90 (pdf), which overhauled Florida election law ahead of the 2022 midterm elections and 2024 presidential election. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law May 6, 2021, with immediate effect.
The law was immediately challenged by multiple liberal advocacy groups, including the Black Voters Matter Fund, the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters of Florida, and the NAACP. On March 31, 2022, Chief Judge Mark Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012, said the law is discriminatory and ruled the measure to be unconstitutional. Walker also issued a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the bulk of the new rules. Walker further ordered …
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