EU referendum frenzy bazookas online voter registration. It's another #GovtDigiShambles

Last minute registrations with the same pathetic excuses...

... as the idiots to be seen screaming abuse at Easyjet staff when the said idiots realise that when someone says there's a deadline that they really mean there's a deadline. I've seen people screaming that they "Were delayed by security but ran all the way to the gate" who mysteriously had time to visit the duty free shop.

This referendum has been publicised for weeks. The notification to register went out in January (although voters should have registered last year - renewal is now automatic). That's five months during which the idiots could have registered, but apparently they thought it would be a good idea to leave it until 10PM on the day that registration closes.

Why did people leave it to the last min to register. Cant blame it all on the Government if everyone registers on the last day all at the same time.

Deadline

It seems a lot of people here, seem to think deadline actually means some unspecified time before the actual time stated as a deadline. Why is that?

Morons...

If people are leaving their registration to the last minute then that person clearly cannot be trusted with such an important decision and doesn't deserve a vote.

I have always said Polling Stations should be in a Maze to keep the great unwashed from making a decision purely because Benedict Cummerbund or Keira 'Twice nightly' Knightly says so.

Now the integrity of the referendum result is in question, not just because of this omnishambles, but also because of the vast number of EU nationals who have been sent polling cards by mistake. Whatever the result we're going to have huge social unrest this July as the losing side kick off, a new PM within weeks and years of uncertainly that will shag the economy until it looks like a punched lasagne (Stay OR leave!!)

This is why we can't have nice things!! Fuck!

I despair....

Until the cause is identified then you cant say for sure that lower-demand would have helped anything.

But IMHO it would have been wise to push people to register for this early, stating something along the lines of (Leaving it to the last moment means the server might not be able to process your request).

When people hear that there is a discounts on phones or computers they don't ask when the last day is so they can go in and buy them then, they just go and buy it "while there is still time".

But IMHO it would have been wise to push people to register for this early

Which is what the electoral commission did. They were even briefing during radio news (multiple channels) on Monday morning stating that leaving registration until the last minute would be unwise since that may mean that people would be unable to register in time for the deadline. It's difficult to see how they could have been any clearer about the risks, and let's not forget everyone of voting age is obliged by law to register not five seconds before a deadline, but in Autumn of the preceding year and to notify the electoral registration officer if their details change.

Here's the advice given about registration:

"With 'rolling registration' in force, it means that the register is updated every month. However, applications need to be received several weeks before publication to guarantee inclusion "

"An annual canvass still takes place every autumn to ensure the register is up-to-date. There is no monthly update during September, October or November during the annual canvass period when all households have to register. A new Register is usually published on 1 December."

Isn't that clear?

Lets be honest here; if you've left it tot the last minute of the last available day to register to vote you'v only got yourself to blame. It's not as if this referendum has been kept quiet now is it?