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Voter registration extended in 4 Georgia counties after Hurricane Michael

10/11/2018 -- Albany, Georgia -- Debris lines the sidewalks on West Broad Avenue in Albany following Hurricane Michael, Thursday, October 11, 2018. Hurricane Michael passed through Albany Wednesday evening as a Category 2 hurricane. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

Credit: Alyssa Pointer

Credit: Alyssa Pointer

10/11/2018 -- Albany, Georgia -- Debris lines the sidewalks on West Broad Avenue in Albany following Hurricane Michael, Thursday, October 11, 2018. Hurricane Michael passed through Albany Wednesday evening as a Category 2 hurricane. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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Oct 15, 2018

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has re-opened voter registration in four South Georgia counties where Hurricane Michael forced their election offices to close last week.

Deal issued an executive order Monday extending the Oct. 9 voter registration deadline in Clay, Grady, Randolph and Turner counties. Those counties will accept voter registration applications through Tuesday, Oct. 16.

These counties were the only four in Georgia that closed their election offices on the day of the voter registration deadline.

Secretary of State Brian Kemp praised Deal for extending the deadline.

“With this extension, we can ensure that citizens in these counties can register to vote or update their voter record in time for the Nov. 6, 2018, election,” Kemp said in a statement.

Kemp, a Republican, is running for governor against Democrat Stacey Abrams.

Early in-person voting began statewide Monday and lasts until Nov. 2. Election Day is Nov. 6.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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