A federal judge recently sided with the state in upholding a new state law that targets third-party groups that register voters.

The League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida AFL-CIO had filed the lawsuit in April challenging the law that require third-party groups to submit voter registration applications to elections officials within 10 days and before the registration deadlines. Those that don't face hefty fines.

Last Wednesday in Miami, Federal District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga upheld the constitutionality of the law.
Here's the statement from Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning on the ruling:

“Every voter registration applicant who completes an application and entrusts it to somebody else should fully expect that the application will promptly reach election officials so that the applicant may be registered and eligible to vote. This law does just that and protects the right to vote of all Floridians.” Browning announced that the law would be implemented in the near future, once an implementing rule is finalized.