In an effort to reopen the state's voter registration window,
civil rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against Florida, arguing that the deadline of October 7 was "sandwich between two life-threatening obstacles" that forced some residents to choose between seeking safety from the hurricanes and signing up to vote. Given the devastation wrought by the storm and the widespread disruption already caused by Hurricane Milton, which is anticipated to make landfall in Florida Wednesday evening, voting and civil rights groups have been exerting a lot of pressure on southern states impacted by Hurricane Helene to give residents more time to register to vote. In order to accommodate potential voters affected by Hurricane Helene, South Carolina extended its deadline by more than a week, while Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis and Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp rejected calls earlier this week to extend their states' deadlines. The League of Women Voters of Florida and the Florida NAACP filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Republican Secretary of State Cord Byrd and DeSantis. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to temporarily prevent the officials from enforcing the registration deadline of October 7 and to "reopen Florida’s voter registration deadline for an additional ten days."
"This year, a huge number of Florida occupants — compelled to pick either security and practicing their major right — have been denied the valuable chance to enroll to cast a ballot," lawyers for the social equality bunches wrote in the 30-page government claim. They went on to say that "they will be deprived of that fundamental right due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, the threat to safety caused by Hurricane Milton, and the resultant shutdown of all means of voter registration, including government offices, roads, the Internet, and the postal service twice in the last weeks leading up to the voter registration deadline." These events occurred just before the deadline for voter registration. In Georgia, a government judge held a conference Wednesday over a comparable claim brought by social equality bunches over the elector enlistment cutoff time in the basic milestone state. The civil rights groups requested a temporary restraining order, which was denied by US District Judge Eleanor Ross. However, she said she would look into a preliminary injunction and scheduled an evidentiary hearing for Thursday.
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