Terry McAuliffe asked a federal judge on Wednesday to extend the state’s voter registration deadline following a computer crash that prevented some Virginians from signing up this week. [Voter registration system crashes in Va., preventing some from signing up in time]A breakdown of the state’s online voter registration system Sunday and Monday kept residents from signing up before the cutoff at 11:59 p.m. Monday. “Only a judge can order an extension.”Since the last presidential election, Virginia has switched from paperwork to an online voter registration system. Republican leaders had criticized the administration’s handling of voter registration, but at least initially none of them offered any opinion an extension. McAuliffe defended the registration system, attributing the crash to an unprecedented surge in registration attempts.

Source: Washington Post October 19, 2016 20:03 UTC