United States First Circuit

In plaintiff's suit claiming that Article 6.012 of Puerto Rico Law No. 78 prohibited the government from removing her from the voting roll for the upcoming election of Puerto Rico's only elected federal officer, district court's denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed and remanded where: 1) the National Voter Registration Act by its terms does not apply to Puerto Rico, and it therefore cannot provide any relief for plaintiff in this case; and 2) the record and the parties' arguments fail to demonstrate that such extraordinary relief could be granted only weeks before the election without creating uncertainty and confusion in the Puerto Rico electoral process.

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• Decided 11/02/2012
• Published 11/02/2012

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• United States First Circuit

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