Florida judge extends deadline to contest tossed ballots

By Susan Ferrechio

Published November 15, 2018 2:12pm ET

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Florida judge extends deadline to contest tossed ballots — An employees at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office feed ballots through a machine as he count votes during a recount on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Fla. | (Brynn Anderson/AP)

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Florida election officials must give voters until Nov. 17 to correct mismatched signatures on thousands of ballots discarded under the state’s “signature match” law.

District Judge Mark E. Walker ordered Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to inform local election officials that the law “has been applied unconstitutionally” and they must provide voters the extra time, which expires Saturday at 5 p.m.

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