Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has extended the state’s deadline for Floridians to register to vote after the state’s registration website crashed due to a heavy volume of traffic.
The new deadline to register is 7 p.m. Tuesday.
In a statement, Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee said the state’s online registration portal experienced “unprecedented volume and traffic” of 1.1 million requests an hour Monday evening.
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