Users reported a page displaying the message “504 Gateway Time-out” instead of the online registration form before Tuesday night’s deadline of 11:59pm. Mr Corbyn wrote on Twitter that the registration deadline should be extended. The government said the site crashed due to an “unprecedented demand” and said 500,000 people registered on the day and more than 50,000 attempted to register between 11:15pm and 11:20pm. Those who left registration to the 11th hour were disappointed to get an error message rather than an online form Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesJeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron have joined other MPs in calling for the deadline for voter registration for the EU referendum to be extended after the official website was affected by technical issues. He said: “I’m

Source: The Times June 08, 2016 07:52 UTC