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Florida Extends Voter Registration

by VOA News

   A federal judge has extended the deadline for Florida residents to
   register to vote by a week, following Hurricane Matthew.

   Judge Mark Walker granted a request by the Florida Democratic Party for
   a temporary injunction that moved the state's voter registration
   deadline from October 11 to October 18, after having previously moved
   it back by one day.

   Democrats had asked Florida governor Rick Scott to extend the deadline,
   but he declined, saying residents had enough time to register, despite
   the hurricane's brush with his state.

   Though the hurricane did not make landfall in Florida, it caused at
   least nine deaths and left nearly a million people without power.

   Voters are registering for national elections November 8.