A federal judge rejects a call to reopen voter registration in Georgia after Hurricane Helene

Six candidates are headed to runoff elections in June in three U.S. House primary races in Georgia after voting concluded Tuesday.
Voters walk into Ormewood Park Church in Atlanta, Georgia for Georgia's primary election on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated at 6:55 p.m.

A federal judge said Thursday that she won’t order the presidential battleground state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections despite recent disruptions to registration caused by Hurricane Helene.

U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross rejected arguments that the state should reopen registration through next Monday. The registration deadline was last Monday and she said in her ruling from the bench Thursday afternoon that there would be no extension.