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A federal appeals court upheld a Florida law preventing nonresidents and noncitizens from gathering signatures for ballot measures.

The court's majority argued the law regulates conduct, not the free speech elements of petitioning.

A dissenting judge contended the ruling disregards precedent that petition circulation is core political speech.

Groups seeking to expand marijuana access and Medicaid are challenging the law, which they say hinders their efforts.

for or Medicaid expansion measures for next year's ballot got an unexpected roadblock from federal judges, who say their First Amendment rights aren't being violated by a .

A sharply divided three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a law that went into effect July 1 ( ) preventing non

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