Congressional Democrats call for immediate federal aid to protect elections after hurricanes.

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Hurricanes continue to create barriers to voting
* A federal judge denied ([link removed]) a request to reopen voter registration in Florida due to the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The deadline was Monday. During a hearing, the judge said voters could have still registered online while evacuating.
* Georgia's voter registration deadline will not be extended, a judge ruled ([link removed]) . Civil rights groups asked the court to reopen the state's voter registration after Hurricane Helene disrupted registration efforts a week before the deadline.

* Congressional Democrats, led by Georgia Rep. Nikema Williams, asked ([link removed]) President Joe Biden to send $3.5 million in FEMA aid to election offices across seven states recently impacted by hurricanes. Democrats also urged the USPS to prioritize processing election mail in affected areas.

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Georgia State Election Board faces another lawsuit
* Muscogee County officials sued ([link removed]) the Georgia State Election Board yesterday over a new rule the board passed requiring poll workers to hand count the total number of ballots cast, saying the rule violates state law and will significantly burden election officials.
* Last week, the Democratic National Committee and Georgia Democratic Party also filed ([link removed]) a lawsuit against the board challenging the hand counting rule.
* According to Democracy Docket’s case database, there are seven active lawsuits against the board right now.

Deep dive into a right-wing group’s voter purge efforts in Nevada
* The right-wing Pigpen Project sued ([link removed]) four Nevada counties in an effort to purge thousands of voters from the rolls. In a new YouTube video, Marc explains ([link removed]) how these lawsuits are part of a wider coordinated strategy amongst Republicans.

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