Travis County explains why its website crashed during Texas primary elections

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Elections officials in Travis County explained Thursday why its website was briefly down during the Texas primary elections Tuesday.The clerk's office said in a press release that new requirements from Senate Bill 1, an elections overhaul bill, led to an influx of traffic to the site and caused its server to shut down and the site wasn't operational for about 40 minutes.For in-depth coverage of the races and election news, head to KXAN's election coverage pageSB1 requires v