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To: Secretary of State Ken Detzner

Extend Florida Voter Registration till After the Hurricane

Sign to tell Florida Secretary of State Kent Detzner to extend voter registration until October 16th for everyone so that Floridians hit by the storm aren’t also wiped out of the democratic process.

Why is this important?

Florida Secretary of State Kent Detzner is playing politics while the people of Florida need to make sure they are safe. No one in the state of Florida should be forced between preparing for the storm and being able to vote in November. Instead of announcing confusing policies and half-measures demand that Secretary of State Detzner extends the voter registration deadline for everyone in Florida.

Hurricane Michael is the strongest storm to make landfall in Florida in 13 years. But, a hurricane shouldn't also wipe us out of the democratic process. Folks in Florida already navigate an election system deliberately designed to discourage their participation. Now, the state of Florida is forcing Black folks and other potential voters to choose between their personal safety and their right to vote. By choosing to not extend the voter registration deadline for all Floridians, the Secretary of State excludes eligible residents from the normal number of days they should have had to register if it weren't for the unusual and unpredictable hurricane weather.

This means the state of Florida is forcing Black folks and other potential voters to choose between their personal safety and our right to vote. Don’t let voter disenfranchisement be yet another hurdle faced by Florida residents post-Hurricane Michael.

By signing our petition you are going to tell Florida Secretary of State Kent Detzner that the state of Florida and the rest of the nation are watching and will not allow him to play politics with people's lives. Officials like Detzner depend on anonymity, and bluster from people like Trump to hide their role in keeping Black voters away from the polls.

Tell Detzner that this storm shouldn't deny Black people their freedom to vote.

Demand Secretary of State Detzner to extend voter registration until October 16th so that Floridians hit by the storm aren’t also wiped out of the democratic process. The time Floridians had to register to vote was cut short by this hurricane. Sign now and demand voters be given a fair amount of time to register.

How it will be delivered

We will send signatures directly to Secretary of State Detzner.

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Updates

2018-10-12 23:44:31 -0700

10,000 signatures reached

2018-10-12 10:16:22 -0700

5,000 signatures reached

2018-10-11 11:20:20 -0700

1,000 signatures reached

2018-10-11 10:04:25 -0700

500 signatures reached

2018-10-10 19:02:23 -0700

100 signatures reached

2018-10-10 18:48:01 -0700

50 signatures reached

2018-10-10 00:46:55 -0700

25 signatures reached

2018-10-09 19:22:21 -0700

10 signatures reached