14,000 new voters in Guilford this summer
...That's according to Elections Director George Gilbert. By comparison, between 8 and 9 thousand new registrations were processed between July 1 and Sept. 30 in the last presidential election year. There were 275,447 registered voters in the county as of the July primary runoff (48.4% Democrat, 33.9% Republican, 17.3% unaffiliated, and .2% Libertarian).
In addition, Gilbert said 18,000 voters had a change of address or information. The voter registration period ends Friday, so if you or someone you know wants to sign up, you can download the form here and send it in.
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Hi Matt,
What's the breakdown of Dems/Republicans/Unaffiliateds among the new registrations?
Posted on October 5, 2004 10:11 AM
Mr. President,
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On your question, we'll try to get a final number once all the registrations are processed. Right now they're coming in about a thousand a day to Guilford, so there's a queue of applications waiting.
Posted on October 5, 2004 1:07 PM
Thanks Matt,
I look forward to that. In the mean time, is the N&R accepting resumes? Just in case.
Posted on October 5, 2004 1:34 PM
Matt,
I am so screwed. I went to the Secretary of State web site and found the party breakdown of those new registrations:
Dems: + 8,471 (139,402)
Republicans: + 4,901 (96,887)
Libertarians: + 57 (612)
Unaffiliated: + 4,588 (50,186)
Ughhh!
Posted on October 8, 2004 8:18 AM