A California state court judge called the injunctive relief requested by a class of Uber drivers who claim they fear retaliation from the company over an upcoming ballot initiative “particularly repugnant to free speech rights.”

In an order Wednesday, Judge Richard Ulmer of San Francisco County Superior Court denied the drivers’ request for a temporary restraining order, which would have required the ridesharing company to inform all California drivers that it would not use any information it had gathered about how drivers plan to vote on Proposition 22 against them.