“When all fictitious, forged, illegally obtained, or otherwise invalid signatures are removed from consideration, Amendment 4 failed to reach the constitutionally required number of signatures for ballot placement,” the lawsuit said, asking for the votes not to be counted in the Nov. 5 election.

The group pushing Florida's abortion access amendment has filed a federal lawsuit against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, accusing the Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed official of violating its First Amendment rights.

Citing a new DeSantis administration report alleging ballot petitions contained fraudulent signatures, the suit alleges Amendment 4 failed to meet signature requirements when the suspected fraud

The citizen-led ballot initiative Floridians Protecting Freedom has filed a lawsuit against state health officials alleging political speech has been censored in the state. The Florida Department of Health previously sent a cease and desist letter to television stations across Florida that aired an ad in support of an abortion-rights ballot initiative,

The lawsuit centers on cease-and-desist letters the Florida Department of Health sent Oct. 3 to at least two Florida TV stations, telling the stations to take down an ad in favor of the amendment and threatening prosecution if the stations did not.

A group campaigning for a Florida abortion-rights measure is suing state officials over their order to TV stations to stop airing one ad

A political committee leading efforts to pass a ballot proposal on abortion rights filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging the state violated the First Amendment by threatening television stations over an ad supporting the measure.

A group of anti-abortion advocates are trying to force Florida’s abortion amendment off the ballot this November or void any votes cast for it, citing a report from the DeSantis administration that said there was “widespread” fraud in the petition gathering for the effort.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration violated the First Amendment by threatening to prosecute broadcasters if they didn’t stop airing a political ad supporting an abortion rights ballot initiative, the measure’s sponsor alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.