The ICANN Expired Domain Deletion Policy allows a registrar to renew a registration without any action from the registrant in "extenuating circumstances." If th

The ICANN Expired Domain Deletion Policy allows a registrar to renew a registration without any action from the registrant in "extenuating circumstances." If they wanted to, they could maybe do it under this exception, but there's no real reason why GoDaddy would stick their neck out here.