No Florida voter registration extension after Hurricane Michael hits

By Diana Stancy Correll

Published October 11, 2018 8:53pm ET

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No Florida voter registration extension after Hurricane Michael hits — Charles Smith, 56, left, and Lee Cathey, 37, find a few bottles of water in a displaced refrigerator in the middle of U.S. 98 in the coastal township of Mexico Beach, Fla. in the wake of Hurricane Michael. | (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

The deadline to register to vote in the 2018 midterm elections in Florida has not been extended, following a request to push it back a week due to Hurricane Michael.

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle denied the Florida Democratic Party’s request to keep voting registration open until Oct. 16 over concerns that the extreme weather event may have prevented people from registering before the original deadline on Tuesday.

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