Florida voter registration system crashes on last day for filing
Details: Secretary of State Laurel Lee said the site went down briefly Monday. The portal appeared to continue with problems and in the early evening was down again or moving slowly, possibly overwhelmed by people trying to access it.
Lee, in a text on Monday evening, said her office thought it had handled the crash right away, but was working now to see if theres an ongoing problem.
Floridians who want to vote in the November election have until 12 a.m. Tuesday to register, and Republicans and Democrats had mounted campaigns to urge people to sign up. With President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden on the ballot, turnout is expected to be high in the battleground state.
Democrats were suspicious of the timing of the crash, noting the system has had problems in the past when demand is high.
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/10/05/florida-voter-registration-system-crashes-on-last-day-for-filing-1321423