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Related: About this forumVoter registration site crash - not entirely surprising given the traffic
I used to be involved in transaction processing for websites, and spikes in demand like this were the bane of our lives:
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/740440068712718337/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/philipjcowley/status/739714306497974272/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/08/eu-referendum-live-voter-registration-site-crashes-cameron-farage-debate
and it looks like it ought to be possible to extend registration by a day: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/08/eu-referendum-live-voter-registration-site-crashes-cameron-farage-debate?page=with:block-5757d8a5e4b04168b8115ad6#block-5757d8a5e4b04168b8115ad6
LeftishBrit
(41,202 posts)And even the 'just in case' applications mean that people are taking their vote seriously.
Hope they can get the system up and running again soon.
brush
(53,735 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,202 posts)Jeremy Corbyn, the benefit claimants, and just about everyone possible.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:51 AM - Edit history (1)
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/08/eu-referendum-live-voter-registration-site-crashes-cameron-farage-debate?page=with:block-5757fae0e4b04168b8115bcb#block-5757fae0e4b04168b8115bcbNow looks definite:
The deadline for registering to vote in the EU referendum has been extended, the government has said.
Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock said the government would legislate to extend the cut-off until midnight on Thursday.
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It also shows that the peak users came at 22:15 BST when 50,711 people were using the service at the same time. There were 26,000 people on the site at 23:55 BST and 20,416 people using the site at 12:01 BST, just after the deadline.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36480764
Yeah, 50,000 simultaneous users with sessions could be hard to handle without a lot of planning.