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spanone

(135,823 posts)
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 11:15 PM Oct 2016

Florida governor says state won't extend voter registration, rebuffing Clinton campaign

Washington (CNN)Florida Gov. Rick Scott says he will not extend the deadline for voter registration in the state despite concerns over the impact of Hurricane Matthew.

The Republican governor told reporters Thursday he doesn't "intend to make changes," saying "people have had time to register."

Hillary Clinton's campaign earlier Thursday had called on Florida officials to extend the state's Tuesday voter registration deadline because of Hurricane Matthew's
potential disruption of late sign-ups.

Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters Thursday, "the one thing that we are hoping and expecting is that officials in Florida will adapt deadlines to account
for the storm."


http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/robby-mook-clinton-florida-voter-registration-hurricane/index.html


HEY RICK...

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Florida governor says state won't extend voter registration, rebuffing Clinton campaign (Original Post) spanone Oct 2016 OP
It is amazing thejoker123 Oct 2016 #1
I transcribed Perry's blockheaded response from his press conference royable Oct 2016 #2
Someone needs to sue. Vinca Oct 2016 #3

royable

(1,264 posts)
2. I transcribed Perry's blockheaded response from his press conference
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 05:41 AM
Oct 2016

and was amazed at his inarticulateness:

"I'm not going to extend it. If you, if you... whether it's the registration date, you hadn't, everybody has had a lot of time to register, so, uh... On top of that, y'know, we've got lots of opportunities to vote, uh, early voting, abs'ee voting, and election day, so I don't intend to make any changes."

Having lots of voting opportunities don't mean much if you didn't get a chance to register because of an event like a...hurricane!

Question and answer is at 16:48 in the video.


Vinca

(50,261 posts)
3. Someone needs to sue.
Fri Oct 7, 2016, 06:34 AM
Oct 2016

Even if it loses in court, it would give attention to what a bunch of partisan assholes Republicans are.

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