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Federal judge orders Fla. voter registration extended to Oct. 18

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Calling the state’s Oct. 11 voter registration deadline “constitutionally untenable” in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a federal judge ordered Florida’s registration books remain open till next Tuesday, Oct. 18. In a Wednesday hearing, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker of Tallahassee made clear he had no opinion on when the state closes registration, which is consistent with federal law. “The hurricane is the issue,” he said, adding that state law has a “gap” in not specifically allowing more time to register after…

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67% of Floridians support moving to open primaries

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A majority of Floridians would support a shift to an open primary system. About two-thirds (67 percent) of self-identified registered voters believe Florida should move to an open primary system, according to a new USF-Nielsen Sunshine State Survey. The survey found 30 percent of respondents think the state should keep the current system. Florida has a closed primary system, which means only registered Republicans and Democrats can vote in their party’s primary. The closed primary system is often felt the…

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Federal judge extends Florida’s voter registration deadline to Wednesday

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A federal court judge has extended Florida’s voter registration deadline. In a court order Monday, District Court Judge Mark E. Walker directed the state’s top elections official to extend the voter registration deadline to 5 p.m. Wednesday. The one-day extension comes just one day after the Florida Democratic Party sued Gov. Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner over the deadline. The deadline to vote was Tuesday, but Florida Democrats said the deadline should be extended because of Hurricane Matthew.…

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One day left to register to vote for general election

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With one day still left to register for the Nov. 8 election, mail ballots have started returning to the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Office. As of Monday morning, 6,187 mail ballots had been returned. Of those, 2,522 were from Democratic voters and 2,418 were from Republicans. The remaining 1,247 were from voters with no party affiliation or who are registered to a third party. Thus far, Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark has sent out a total of 273,398 mail-in ballots.…

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Bill Clinton set to attend voter registration events in Florida on Tuesday

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The Big Dog is making a big push to register Floridians to vote. Former President Bill Clinton will make three stops in the Sunshine State Tuesday to encourage Floridians to register to vote ahead of the voter registration deadline. The former president is scheduled to attend public voter registration events in Palm Beach, Lee, and Pinellas counties. No other information about President Clinton’s events were immediately available. Tuesday is the final day to register to vote, change party affiliation, or…

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Florida Dems sue Rick Scott to extend voter registration deadline

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The Florida Democratic Party is suing Gov. Rick Scott to extend the voter registration deadline. The suit, filed in federal court Sunday, asks the court to order the state to extend the voter registration until Oct. 18 because of Hurricane Matthew. The suit comes just days after Scott, the chairman of a super PAC backing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said he would not extend the voter registration deadline. “I’m not going to extend it. Everybody has had a lot…

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Rick Scott won’t extend voter registration deadline

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday night said the state’s deadline next Tuesday to register to vote is staying put. “I’m not going to extend it,” Scott told reporters at a Hurricane Matthew briefing in the state’s Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee. “Everybody has had a lot of time to register,” he said. “On top of that, we’ve got lots of opportunities to vote: Early voting, absentee voting and Election Day. So I don’t intend to make any changes.” The…

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