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1 Extending the Voter Registration Deadline in Arizona because of a Pandemic 1 (2021)

handle is hein.congcourts/fjcextv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CASE STUDIES IN EMERGENCY ELECTION LITIGATION Extending the Voter Registration Deadline in Arizona Because of a Pandemic Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs (Steven P. Logan, D. Ariz. 2:20-cv-1903) Because of social distancing made necessary by the global COVID- 19 infectious pandemic, a district court extended the voter registra- tion deadline. The court of appeals stayed the injunction, but it al- lowed a grace period of two days before the stay went into effect. Subject: Registration procedures. Topics: Registration procedures; COVID-19; interlocutory appeal; intervention. Three voter registration organizations filed a federal complaint in the Dis- trict of Arizona against Arizona's secretary of state on September 30, 2020, seeking an extension of the deadline for voter registration from October 5 to no earlier than October 27 to ensure that all Arizonans who want to register to vote in this year's Presidential election will have the time necessary to do so, notwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic.' With their complaint, the plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction.2 Judge Steven P. Logan set the case for a telephonic status conference on October .' At the conference he set the case for oral argument on Monday, October V.4 Judge Logan posted contact information for the telephonic oral argument on the court's website.' Judge Logan granted a motion to intervene by the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senato- rial Committee.6 1. Complaint, Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs, No. 2:20-cv-1903 (D. Ariz. Sept. 30, 2020), D.E. 1; Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs, 977 F.3d 948, 950-51 (9th Cir. 2020); Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs, __ F. Supp. 3d __, __, 2020 WL 5904952 (D. Ariz. 2020) (p.1 of opinion filed at D. Ariz. No. 2:20-cv- 1903, D.E. 35); see Howard Fischer, Federal Judge Asked to Extend Peri- odfor Voter Registration, Ariz. Daily Star, Oct. 2, 2020, at BI. 2. Motion, Mi Familia Vota, No. 2:20-cv-1903 (D. Ariz. Sept. 30, 2020), D.E. 2; Mi Famil- ia Vota, __ F. Supp. 3d at __, 2020 WL 5904952 (p.1 of opinion filed at D. Ariz. No. 2:20- cv-1903, D.E. 35). 3. Order, Mi Familia Vota, No. 2:20-cv-1903 (D. Ariz. Oct. 1, 2020), D.E. 8; see Mi Famil- ia Vota, __ F. Supp. 3d at __, 2020 WL 5904952 (p.2 of opinion filed at D. Ariz. No. 2:20- cv-1903, D.E. 35); Minutes, Mi Familia Vota, No. 2:20-cv-1903 (D. Ariz. Oct. 5, 2020), D.E. 32. 4. Minutes, Mi Familia Vota, No. 2:20-cv-1903 (D. Ariz. Oct. 1, 2020), D.E. 11. 5. Order, id. (Oct. 2, 2020), D.E. 13; Order, id. (Oct. 2, 2020), D.E. 12 (specifying that oral argument would be telephonic); see Howard Fischer, Hobbs: It's Too Late to Extend Voter Registration, Ariz. Daily Star, Oct. 6, 2020, at B2. 6. Intervention Order, Mi Familia Vota, No. 2:20-cv-1903 (D. Ariz. Oct. 5, 2020), D.E. 25; Intervention Motion, id. (Oct. 2, 2020), D.E. 15; Mi Familia Vota, 977 F.3d at 950; Mi Familia Vota, __ F. Supp. 3d at __, 2020 WL 5904952 (p.1 of opinion filed at D. Ariz. No. 2:20-cv-1903, D.E. 35). Federal Judicial Center 2/4/2021 I