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When the Voter-Registration Deadline Falls on a Holiday

Robert Timothy Reagan
June 20, 2023

Arizona Democratic Party v. Reagan (Steven P. Logan, D. Ariz. 2:16-cv-3618)
The state’s voter-registration deadline fell on a holiday, and a political party sued the state’s secretary of state in federal court to have the deadline extended by one day, but the party did not sue until more than a week after the deadline passed. The district judge determined that the secretary’s not giving voters an extra day to register violated state law and the National Voter Registration Act, but the judge determined that the party filed the case too late to merit injunctive relief.
Subject: Registration procedures. Topics: Registration procedures; laches; National Voter Registration Act.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.