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Suit to Extend the Voter-Registration Deadline in South Carolina Because of Covid-19 Was Too Late

Robert Timothy Reagan
June 30, 2023

South Carolina Progressive Network Education Fund v. Andino (Mary Geiger Lewis, D.S.C. 3:20-cv-3503)
Two days before South Carolina’s voter-registration deadline, a voter-registration organization filed a federal complaint seeking an extension of the deadline to accommodate the social distancing made necessary by the global infectious Covid-19 pandemic. One week later, the district judge denied the organization immediate relief, because the suit had been brought too short a time be-fore the election.
Subject: Registration procedures. Topics: Registration procedures; Covid-19; laches; intervention.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Election Litigation | Intervention | Registration Procedures | Emergency Proceedings | Laches | Covid-19 | U.S. District Courts | D.S.C.