(Phelan Ebenhack/Reuters)A federal judge ordered Florida to extend its voter registration deadline by six days, until Tuesday, because of Hurricane Matthew. Nowhere has the issue of voter registration been more contentious than Florida, where Republicans had refused to push back the deadline. On top of that, we’ve got lots of opportunities to vote: early voting, absentee voting and Election Day. “I’m excited to see it,” said Rep. Patrick Murphy (Fla.), the Democratic candidate for Senate, whose Tuesday schedule had him trying to pump up voter registration efforts. Nikki Haley (R) has extended the state’s registration deadline to allow paperwork to be postmarked by Tuesday.

Source: Washington Post October 12, 2016 16:13 UTC