Judge won't extend Florida voter registration deadline
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge late Wednesday rejected a push to extend Florida's voter registration deadline by a week because of Hurricane Michael.
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled that there was "no justification" for the lawsuit filed by the Florida Democratic Party.
Florida's deadline to register to vote was Tuesday, 29 days ahead of the Nov. 6 election in the battleground state which features two nationally watched races for governor and U.S. Senate. But many elections office across the Panhandle closed ahead of the fast-moving storm that slammed into the state a day later.
Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, who works directly for Republican Gov.