Florida Extends Voter Registration Deadline After Website Malfunctions

Boxes with ballots are seen at the Miami-Dade County Election Department as the vote-by-mail ballots are placed on to a U.S. Post Office truck to be delivered to voters, in Doral, Fla., on Oct. 1, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida officials on Tuesday extended the state’s voter registration deadline after a website that people could use to register malfunctioned on Monday.

Secretary of State Laurel Lee said the number of requests per hour the website received was unprecedented, suggesting that led to the issues.