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Retired George

(332 posts)
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 08:50 PM Oct 2016

More than 27,000 Virginians register to vote after extension

Source: Associated Press

Oct. 22, 2016 7:09 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Elections says more than 27,000 people registered to vote during a brief extension of the state's voter-registration deadline.

A federal judge granted the deadline's extension Thursday after heavy demand prevented some voters from registering online. U.S. Senior Judge Claude Hilton had ordered officials to reopen voter registration in the commonwealth and keep it open until 11:59 p.m. Friday.

Election officials said in a statement Saturday that as of the 11:59 p.m. deadline for online registration, 27,952 voter registration applications had been submitted since the court order. Officials said the final number of applications submitted during the window will be higher when in-person and mailed voter registration applications are processed in the coming days.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b8b8fc7bf04f41dcb38b08386c6150cc/more-27000-virginians-register-vote-after-extension



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More than 27,000 Virginians register to vote after extension (Original Post) Retired George Oct 2016 OP
Wow! But who are they babylonsister Oct 2016 #1
Well, since Republicans are trying to suppres voting, Retired George Oct 2016 #2
Excellent news, George.. Mahalo! Cha Oct 2016 #3
I bet Putin's DDOS hackers never expected a state to extend online registrations. Crash2Parties Oct 2016 #4
Doesn't say which party, but low turnout helps fRump. lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #5

babylonsister

(170,962 posts)
1. Wow! But who are they
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 09:19 PM
Oct 2016

voting for? I'm glad people are voting anyway; they're making an effort, so they'll vote.

 

Retired George

(332 posts)
2. Well, since Republicans are trying to suppres voting,
Sat Oct 22, 2016, 10:10 PM
Oct 2016

I think we can probably guess the woman they're going to vote for. (Hint: it ain't Jill Stein!)

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