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[EFerrari]

Democrats hope to reverse registration losses

CHARLESTON -- State Democrats have lost a little ground to Republicans and independents in voter registration, but one party leader says President Bush's problems could reverse that trend.

State Democratic Party Chairman Nick Casey conceded that Republicans are benefiting from the influx of new residents in the Eastern Panhandle, which includes Berkeley County. But Casey believes President Bush's fortunes will affect voter rolls in West Virginia.
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After the state helped Bush win the White House in both 2000 and 2004, "now, he looks very, very bad to a whole lot of people," Casey said.

West Virginia Secretary of State Betty Ireland Tuesday released new figures showing 1,130,008 voters registered in time for the primary, up from primary registration in 2004 but down from the 1.16 million registered for the General Election in November 2004 -- when the voter rolls reached a 52-year high.

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