The Electoral Commission have issued the following statement in response to people who had difficulties using the government's voter registration website on 7 June.
It is vital that everyone who wants to participate in this historic referendum is able to.
There was a very significant increase in applications to register to vote yesterday on the government’s website. However, issues with the government website arose around 10:15pm and were not resolved until after the registration deadline at midnight.
The government are looking into exactly what happened.
There will be many people who wanted to register to vote last night and were not able to. The registration deadline is set out in legislation and we have said to the Government this morning they should consider options for introducing legislation as soon as possible that would extend the deadline. We would support such a change.
The Electoral Commission have advised that if you have questions about the website you should contact the correspondence team at Cabinet Office and the government will be able to tell you what they are doing to resolve the issue. You can call them on: 020 7276 1234 or email them at: publiccorrespondence@cabinetoffice.gov.uk