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Voter registration significantly increased in Fredericksburg and the rest of Va
BY SUSANNAH CLARK On the first day Virginians could vote absentee in-person, 10 people had already done so by mid-afternoon at the Fredericksburg registrar's office. "To already have 10 people sign up is unreal," said Juanita Pitchford, registrar for Fredericksburg. "It's so early on and so much excitement has already been generated." Fredericksburg is ranked 10th of the 25 localities with the greatest increase in registered voters in Virginia, according to data from the State Board of Elections. With 940 new registered voters as of Monday, Fredericksburg's electorate has grown 7.77 percent in 2008. The city now has more than 12,000 registered voters. Richmond is at the top of the list, increasing its registeration by 10.43 percent. King George County is ranked 13th on the list with a 7.16 percent increase, while Stafford is ranked 16th at 6.92 percent and Spotsylvania is 20th at 6.51 percent. According to Pitchford, the registrar's office in Fredericksburg received 247 registration applications during a three-day period. Pitchford estimates that door-to-door registration alone has brought in about 50 applications a day. "All different kinds of people are registering across the board," Pitchford said. "Young people are going door-to-door to register voters and bringing in stacks of applications. This surpasses anything I've seen in the past." The Community Voters' Project, a nonpartisan campaign for registering voters, has enticed people to work door-to-door in Fredericksburg with an hourly pay of $8 to $10. With the exception of Manassas Park, which is ranked eighth on the list, the top 10 localities with increased registration have all voted Democratic in recent statewide elections. Kirk Showalter, registrar for Richmond, attributes the city's high registration rate to voter drives sponsored by Democratic activists. "Because there are four colleges in Richmond, Democratic groups have hosted voter drives targetting young voters," Showalter said. Patricia Ann Brendel, registrar for Republican-leaning Manassas Park, also said that a large number of the newly registered voters were young. "We hosted a voter drive at Manassas Park High School at the end of last spring," said Brendel. "It was very successful, we registered 70 young voters that day." Virginia has 280,000 newly registered voters thus far. Nine out of every 10 of those voters will be voting in Virginia for the first time. Susannah Clark: 540/374-5000,
Date published: 9/30/2008
produce drones that do what they were told to do. They have no clue about the issues nor do they get the full story on the candidates. Dicer, you may be proud that your friend is now registered, but you can be a real patriot if you educate her on both sides of the story and don't just tell her to vote for your candidate.
That's the problem with the so called democracy; the uninformed vote for the wrong reasons.
While the dead can't vote by themselves it sure seems that we have elected a lot of dead folks to Richmond and DC.
Paris Hilton has a better energy policy, and she's hotter
I don't know F150, but I bet those dead and or illegals vote for obama since Bush can't run again, Remember He wants to bring
in More illegals ( cheap labor ) for his fat cat buddies who own big businesses. So we have 2 people running for president who
SHOULD NOT AND CAN'T RUN THIS COUNTRY.
SO WRITE IN CLINTON!!! I am, for sure.
After years of pestering my best friend to register, this election I filled out the form for her, gave it to her with a stamped envelope and was like - here, all you have to do is sign it and send in a copy of your license. That did the trick! She's one of those 7% in Spotsylvania that is a new registered voter. We can count on another Obama voter this year ^_^
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