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Florida Dems call on state officials to extend voter registration deadline ahead of hurricane
The Hill ^ | 10/08/18 | MORGAN GSTALTER

Posted on 10/08/2018 7:25:21 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Florida Democrats are calling for state officials to extend the voter registration deadline as Hurricane Michael approaches.

Florida Democratic Party Chairman Terrie Rizzo sent a formal letter to Gov. Rick Scott (R) and Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Monday requesting that they push back the deadline as Floridians prepare for the storm.

Tuesday is the state's deadline for eligible individuals to vote ahead of November’s elections, but the impending hurricane will “adversely impact the ability of these eligible, but unregistered individuals who may have waited until the last day in order to register to vote,” Rizzo wrote.

Scott has already declared a state of emergency in 35 counties and residents have already begun evacuating along the Gulf Coast.

“These individuals may forego registering, in view of your warnings regarding the danger of the storm as well as County evacuations, the need to prepare, and both announced and anticipated evacuation orders,” Rizzo wrote.

Many local government offices are also considering closing on Tuesday in anticipation of Hurricane Michael’s landfall.

The National Hurricane Center has predicted that Michael will make landfall between the Florida Panhandle and the Big Bend of Florida as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday.

It could bring life-threatening storm surge and damaging winds to the state.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; hurricane; kendetzner; midterms; rickscott; terrierizzo
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To: JennysCool

For Godsake, they don’t miss a trick.
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Yep


21 posted on 10/08/2018 8:06:32 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: yesthatjallen

We had a sign in our shop. It was a variation of this:

Lack of Planning on Your Part Does Not Constitute an Emergency on Ours.


22 posted on 10/08/2018 8:07:14 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: janetjanet998

I’ll bet they have all voted by now. four or five times each.


23 posted on 10/08/2018 8:07:18 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: yesthatjallen

And if it looks like they might vote Democrat we want FDOT to pick them up in a boat and take them to a polling place.


24 posted on 10/08/2018 8:07:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Democrats are always looking for more opportunity to cheat. One of there big games is fake voter registrations which they use to make fraudulent votes.


25 posted on 10/08/2018 8:17:57 PM PDT by Revel
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To: JohnBrowdie

#14. Smarter republicans in the panhandle will register online or by provisional ballot (or have already registered), but they will be getting the hell out of Dodge before the hurricane hits.

As for the Democrats, “Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow”.


26 posted on 10/08/2018 9:33:39 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I’m convinced that many people at FR never read the post before they reply.


27 posted on 10/08/2018 9:43:04 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Plumres

It’s not like they didn’t know for days the hurricane was coming.


28 posted on 10/09/2018 2:04:56 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: yesthatjallen

Get ready for massive voter fraud perpetrated in back rooms of highly populated Dem controlled counties. 100% turnout on inflated rolls. An illegal voter walking in off the street on election day without id, that takes too much work.


29 posted on 10/09/2018 2:52:40 AM PDT by Yosemite2000
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To: yesthatjallen

Someone has to start a rumor that there are 3 times as many Repubs who haven’t registered yet...that’ll change their tune.


30 posted on 10/09/2018 3:48:00 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: yesthatjallen

31 posted on 10/09/2018 10:41:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Why?!!!!


32 posted on 10/09/2018 12:52:16 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: yesthatjallen; campaignPete R-CT; LS; fieldmarshaldj; StoneWall Brigade; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Well, not to be callous but I’m thinking about the politics too. (Stay safe peeps)

I hope this isn’t one of those partisan democrat hurricanes like the one that reelected Obama. I hope it’s more like the one that made Scott popular in the first place.

It’s hitting the GOP panhandle. We need the people of that region to vote in Scott and DeSantis. Not saying that they should extend the voting deadline though, absolutely not, our voters are already registered I just hope they will be able to vote, I hope the party is on this, arranging absentee ballot drives for example if people end up leaving the state if their house gets smashed.


33 posted on 10/10/2018 11:14:12 AM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal)
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