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October 6, 2008

Dems See Gains as Voter Registration Deadline Arrives
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In other election news, today is the deadline for voter registration in
nearly half the nation’s states. USA Today reports Democrats have added
more than 800,000 voters in the eight most competitive states: Florida,
Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico and New
Hampshire. Republicans are said to have lost 300,000 voters in those
states. According to the Washington Post, the ratio of new Democratic to
Republican voters in Florida is more than two to one; in Colorado and
Nevada, four to one; and in North Carolina, six to one.



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