Florida Dems file emergency motion to extend registration. One day not good enough.

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Florida Democrats Sue To Get Voter Registration Deadline Extended Ahead Of Hurricane

10/09/2018 05:06 pm ET

Florida Democrats filed an emergency motion in federal court in Tallahassee on Tuesday to force the state to extend its voter registration deadline by a week as Hurricane Michael, likely to make landfall Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, barrels toward the state.

Voters who evacuate because of the storm, they said, may not be able to make it back in just one day to deliver their forms to their local registrar’s office. They also said potential voters who were affected by the storm could be unfairly prevented from registering to vote if their local election official decided to keep their office open in spite of the storm. And they pointed out Detzner’s instructions did not clarify if election officials could accept mail-in applications that were postmarked after Tuesday.

Link: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-voter-registration-extension-hurricane-michael_us_5bbd00ade4b01470d0563444

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