This just in-Record 17.3 million Californians registered to vote

[AlCzervik]

record 17.3 million voters are registered in California, Secretary of State Debra Bowen reported today.

Bowen had predicted a record number, but today's announcement marked the official pre-election tally from her office.

A late surge of registrations - one million between Sept. 5 and the Oct. 20 deadline - pushed the number past the previous high of 16.6 million in February 2005. More than 1.7 million people registered since January, Bowen said.

The percentages of Democrats and independent voters have grown since the 2004 presidential election, while the percentage of Republicans in California has dropped to 31.4 percent. GOP registrants made up 34.7 percent of the voter rolls in 2004. Democrats moved to 44.4 percent from 43 percent in 2004. The percentage of those who decline to state a party preference increased to 19.9 percent from 17.7 percent.

http://www.sacbee.com/1095/story/1361313.html

[FrenchieCat]

1. Hey, my two kids are counted in that number of late surge!

:bounce:

[AlCzervik]

3. nice! I'm really encouraged by these numbers.

[Katha]

2. My boyfriend is one of those Republicans turned Dems!

He voted a straight Dem ticket this year: for Obama and a big NO on 8. I was so proud of him!

GO CALIFORNIA! We're going to run up Obama's popular vote and help give him a huge mandate.

[AlCzervik]

4. excellent, hugs to you both.

[BlueManDude]

5. The electoral college needs to be abolished.

[ej510]

6. Prop 8 may not be decided until wednesday it's that close.

Do you think that Kevin Johnson former Phoenix Sun and Cal Bear will the mayoral race in Sac?

[CitizenPatriot]

7. many of these so called pukes

are actually victims of that GOP operative who illegally got them to sign up as pukes by lying to them and telling them they were signing a petition to put child molesters away.

so who knows how many dems there really are.

LOSERS. GOP. epic fail.