Thursday, October 10

Hurricanes continue to create barriers to voting

• A federal judge denied 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. 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 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.

Since Jan. 1, 2023

Georgia State Election Board faces another lawsuit

• Muscogee County officials sued 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 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 four Nevada counties in an effort to purge thousands of voters from the rolls. In a new YouTube video, Marc explains how these lawsuits are part of a wider coordinated strategy amongst Republicans.