Ramiro Saez, left, helps his son Lucas Saez, 22, fill out a voter registration form, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department in Doral, Fla. Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis extended the state's voter registration deadline after heavy traffic crashed the state's online system and potentially prevented thousands of enrolling to cast ballots in next month's presidential election.
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. โ A federal judge has denied a motion to extend voter registration in Florida even though a computer meltdown on the final day of registration might have prevented thousands of potential voters from taking part in Novemberโs presidential election.
โWeโre disappointed that so many Floridians were disenfranchised because of the stateโs failure to upkeep the online voter registration system,โ Cabrera said.
Floridaโs online voter registration system serves the stateโs 67 counties and became operational in October 2017.