NC’s voter registration deadline extended in 36 counties

[RandySF]

A North Carolina judge late Friday afternoon ordered the state voter registration deadline extended in 36 counties reeling from Hurricane Matthew and resultant flooding.

Wake Superior Court Judge Don Stephens gave the order to push the deadline from Friday to Wednesday.

The counties include Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Harnett, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.

The state Democratic Party sued state Board of Elections Executive Director Kim Westbrook Strach to get the deadline extended, saying her refusal to do so created a hardship for people displaced by a natural disaster.



http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article108255162.html#storylink=cpy

[SaschaHM]

1. NC native here.

I'm currently displaced by flooding and the decision of Westbrook's to not extend the deadline was heartless and partisan.

For many folks, Matthew and it's effects have been happening gradually so we've been dealing with big fires throughout the week. We lost power for a day (that was a short wait compared to many) on Saturday, had to evacuate by Tuesday/Wednesday since the river was rising, and now we're waiting for the waters to recede, which might not happen until Wednesday, so we can survey the damage and figure how to proceed from there. I wouldn't be surprised if it was extended even more.

[Gothmog]

2. Yeah

[oberliner]

3. Why doesn't every state have same day registration?

What is the argument against that?