On June 15, U.S. District Court Judge Allen C. Winsor, a Trump appointee, struck down the Florida law that makes it illegal for someone outside Florida to contribute more than $3,000 to a committee that is trying to qualify an initiative for the ballot. ACLU of Florida v Byrd, n.d., 4:21cv-190.

Judge Winsor had earlier enjoined the original law. The original law applied the cap on contributions to all persons, regardless of where they live. After that law was enjoined, the legislature amended it so that the ban only applies to persons who live outside of Florida. But the judge said the new version is also invalid. In fact, because the original purpose for the law was supposedly to limit fraud in petitioning, the judge said the amendment makes it even more obvious that the so-called rationale is weak. Here is the decision. Thanks to Mike Drucker for this news.