A federal judge rejected Democrats’ demands to push elections officials harder to process voter-registration forms, making it more likely that some early voters might have to cast provisional ballots.
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, who issued a ruling last week that extended the deadline for registering to vote because of Hurricane Matthew, sided with Secretary of State Ken Detzner in turning aside a request that Walker order elections officials to do more in processing the forms.
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