A federal judge denied a request by voting-rights groups to further extend Florida’s voter-registration deadline after the state’s online portal crashed
Calling his ruling an “incredibly close call,” U.S.
District Judge Mark Walker agreed with plaintiffs that the website glitches deprived potentially thousands of people from registering to vote. But he said he had to weigh that impact against concerns raised by the state that another deadline extension would burden already overworked county...
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