Florida elections website experiences ‘record high’ traffic, officials say

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The Osceola County Supervisor of Elections reported an issue with the Florida’s voter database Tuesday morning.

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Shortly after 10 a.m., Mary Jane Arrington posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) that Osceola County voters looking to make an address change could face delays.

Her post read, ”The statewide database is down. If you are looking to make an address change at your polling location please note it may take longer than usual due to the interruption.”

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Channel 9 spoke to Arrington, who said as of around 11:30 a.m., a state official was on site in Osceola County working to resolve the issue.

Arrington said it was her understanding that only a few Florida counties were impacted by the technical issue.

She added that it only affected registered voters who needed to report a change of address.

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A spokesperson for the Florida Dept. of State released the following statement:

“Voting operations have not been impacted in any way. The county Supervisor of Elections’ websites are still operable for any voter to look up their registration status. The state’s courtesy website is encountering record-high traffic. Any voter having difficulty utilizing the state courtesy look-up web page should go to their county SOE webpage for the same service.”

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