The legal counsel for Florida's county election officials recommended halting the purge of names until the state responded to the federal government's legal assessment.
They agreed on the urgency of halting the spread of nuclear weapons technology, the state department spokesman said, according to the Associated Press.
In an editorial published on Thursday, the state-run Chinese newspaper Global Times said that halting the project would be a "lose-lose situation" for both countries.
Other militiamen broke into the main state-run al-Wataniya TV channel, forcing its employees out and halting live shows, pressing their demands for the removal of Gadhafi-era officials at the station.