[Ammi]

..I'm glad that the deadline was extended with this..I know it might not be the wisest to leave it until the last moment but some people do that and the servers etc should have had enough euro-bytes to accommodate that, so I think it was an equal fault and it's good that the hours given to vote were made up, so that as many votes as possible are exercised...

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..I'm glad that the deadline was extended with this..I know it might not be the wisest to leave it until the last moment but some people do that and the servers etc should have had enough euro-bytes to accommodate that, so I think it was an equal fault and it's good that the hours given to vote were made up, so that as many votes as possible are exercised...

Absolutely Ammi.

I like to consider myself pretty well organised as to things I do or have to do but many times I have left things to the last minute, and a couple of occasions at least, the very last minute too.
I still make the point that the surge seemed to come after the Cameron/Farage debate programme too on TV.

It may well have been that something was said that helped 'persuade' some to at least register for a vote after watching that.

[Cherie]

Did they need to extend by 48 hours when just two hours were lost

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Did they need to extend by 48 hours when just two hours were lost

I've changed my mind about this now.I was all for them giving the two hours back just out of good will but extending by 24 or 48 hours is more like rigging it.They know that it's the lazy leftist students that could'nt be arsed to register so they've given them a whole extra two days.That needs investigating.
Also the Daily Politics has said that the electoral commission has done very little to stop EU nationals registering to vote.I was reluctant in the other thread to say that this referendum will be fixed but it's heading more and more in that direction now.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

I've changed my mind about this now.I was all for them giving the two hours back just out of good will but extending by 24 or 48 hours is more like rigging it.They know that it's the lazy leftist students that could'nt be arsed to register so they've given them a whole extra two days.That needs investigating.
Also the Daily Politics has said that the electoral commission has done very little to stop EU nationals registering to vote.I was reluctant in the other thread to say that this referendum will be fixed but it's heading more and more in that direction now.

Noo! It doesn't benefit Brexit to keep registration open! Shut it down shut it down!

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Noo! It doesn't benefit Brexit to keep registration open! Shut it down shut it down!

No just give them the lost time back from the server crash.That would be perfectly reasonable.If they still cba to register then they don't deserve to vote.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Noo! It doesn't benefit Brexit to keep registration open! Shut it down shut it down!

I'm voting remain but I can see how unfair and undemocratic this extension is, yesterday morning someone said it would be impossible to extend as it would have to be ratified by parliament, guess what it's been rushed through, if we stay in or go out it should be at the will of the majority not manipulated so the "right" result is ensured, I wasn't in favour of the government spending 9 million on a propaganda leaflet either