Judge Won’t Extend Georgia Voter Registration A Second Time

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October 19th, 2016

Ryder Delaney, far right, age 9, climbs on the uprooted trunk of large tree toppled in Forsyth Park as his father, Nigel Delaney, hold the hand of the boy’s younger sister, Yasmin, in Savannah, Ga., on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Hurricane Matthew bushwhacked Savannah when it swiped the Georgia coast over the weekend, causing extensive … Continued

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A federal judge Wednesday refused to order a second extension of Georgia’s voter registration deadline in coastal areas that evacuated for Hurricane Matthew.

The decision came just days after the same judge ordered a brief extension for a single storm-stricken county.

U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. denied the American Civil Liberties Union’s motion to give six additional days for registration in six coastal Georgia counties that Gov. Nathan Deal ordered to evacuate ahead of the storm. He ruled that granting the ACLU’s request after early voting had already begun would threaten to disrupt operations at polling stations.

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