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Cut cable shuts down Virginia voter portal; lawsuit filed

by Ben FinleyAlan Suderman
| October 13, 2020 6:03 PM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An accidentally severed fiber optic cable that shut down Virginia's online voter registration system for several hours Tuesday, the last day to register before the November general election, has prompted a lawsuit from a civil rights organization.

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