Voter registration deadline extended to October 15th
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-general-elections-voting-rights-elections-virginia-e5ae0a494e71b6b95c6f552b28c39514
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A federal judge has extended the deadline for registering to vote in Virginia by 48 hours after the states online voter registration system went down because of an accidentally severed cable.
Wednesdays order by U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr. in Richmond is an effort to make up for several hours of lost time on Tuesday, which had been the last day to register before the November general election.
The shutdown of the states website caused a tremendous harm to the people who want to register to vote, Gibney said.
Both the voting rights advocates seeking the extension and the Virginia state officials they sued agreed that more time should be granted. The deadline to register to vote is now 11:59 p.m. on Thursday Oct. 15. It includes both online and in-person registration.