法官延長佛羅里達州選民登記期限

A federal judge has extended Florida's voter registration deadline by a day and agreed to consider a longer extension in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. The initial deadline was Tuesday.

Florida Democrats had argued that Florida's would-be voters needed more time, especially after Republican Governor Rick Scott last week urged 1.5 million residents to evacuate as the storm approached.

Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called Scott to extend the deadline himself using his emergency authority. The governor declined, saying Floridians "had enough time to register'' before the Oct. 6 evacuation orders.

Judge Mark Walker granted a request by the Florida Democratic Party to move the state's voter registration deadline from Tuesday to Wednesday at 5 p.m.

由于颶風馬修的影響 ，美國一位聯邦法官決定把佛羅里達州選民登記的期限延長一天， 并且考慮進一步延長。這個最后期限本來是星期二。

佛羅里達州的民主黨人說，選民需要更多時間登記，特別是共和黨籍州長斯科特上星期在颶風到來前要求150萬民眾疏散。

民主黨總統候選人希拉里?克林頓敦促斯科特州長利用他的緊急事務權限下令延長登記期限，被斯科特拒絕。斯科特認為，佛羅里達州民眾在10月6日疏散令下達之前，已經有足夠的時間注冊登記了。

不過，馬克?沃克爾法官還是應佛羅里達州民主黨的要求，把選民登記的最后期限從星期二延長到了星期三下午五點。