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Online Voter Registration Reportedly Shut Down In Virginia After An “Accidentally” Cut Wire Caused A Network Outage

<p>Roommates&comma; today is the very last day to register to vote online in the state of Virginia&comma; but things have taken an abrupt halt&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wusa9&period;com&sol;article&sol;news&sol;local&sol;virginia&sol;virginia-voter-registration-site-down-on-last-day-to-register-to-vote-officials-say&sol;65-3e5b390b-3e47-4a22-a440-6afddf770f3a">WUSA 9<&sol;a>&period; The local outlet is reporting that online voting registration has been shut down&comma; after an &&num;8220&semi;accidentally&&num;8221&semi; cut cable has caused a network outage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Virginia Information Technology agency confirmed that a fiber cut in a wire was the cause of the outage in a tweet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This morning we were alerted by VITA that a fiber cut near the Commonwealth Enterprise Solutions Center was impacting data circuits and VPN connectivity for multiple agencies&period; This has affected the citizen total along w&sol; registrar&&num;8217&semi;s offices&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1316012911031017482" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1316009339463835648" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Department Of Elections has since revealed that technicians are on site and working to repair the wire&comma; but access to the system has not yet been restored&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Due to a network outage&comma; the Citizen Portal is temporarily unavailable&period; We are working with our network providers to restore service as quickly as possible&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the Virginia Department of Elections posted on its website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>WUSA9 reports that voter who has already received a Mal-in ballot need to have them postmarked by Nov&period; 3&period; 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