Hurricane Micheal is relentless bearing down on Florida's Panhandle. A weather disaster is about to happen. The Washington Times reports: "Fla. Dems sue to extend voter registration period as hurricane approaches". Sounds reasonable on the surface considering the disruptions that hurricanes can create. But it is not.
The role of the court system is to interpret the law, not to modify it. It is up to the Florida State Legislature and the Governor to establish the voter registration period. Considering the adverse effects of the hurricane to disrupt the voting process, the Florida State Legislature and the Governor need to have an emergency session to extend the voting registration period. It is unknown if a Florida court has or has not acted to extend the voter registration period. Judicial activism needs to be extinguished.
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Update 10/11/2018: According to CBS news: "Judge rejects Florida voter registration extension - A federal judge rejected a push to extend Florida's voter registration deadline
because of Hurricane Michael, saying there's "no justification" to do
so. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled late Wednesday against the
Florida Democratic Party, which called the Republican-led response to
the storm's disruption confusing and inadequate."
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